i used to believe - the childhood beliefs site

I used to think that someone's birthday was when they could go back to being a baby for the day.

Anon (from grown-ups : getting older)

Wheni was 5,I used to believe that my toys were spirits and if i wouldn’t play with them they would haunt me.

Anon (from kids : toys)

I used to believe human mucus was healthy to ingest because it was gross, logically stemming from vegetables being gross, which I got from some tv shows.

Anon (from bad habits : picking my nose)

Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.

Anon (from language : foreign languages)

When I was a child I used to believe that my parents WERE superheroes at night.

Anon (from grown-ups : work)

When I was a little girl, I used to believe that if you planted a banknote, a banknote tree would grow.

Domi Contreras (from the world : money)

When I was a child I used to believe that teddy bears could talk to me at night.

Daiana (from kids : toys)

When I was a child, I used to believe that Catalonia was the unique part of land of the world.

Anon (from the world : places)

When I was a child I used to think potassium came from potatoes.

Julen Peinado Gomez (from food : general)

I used to believe that if I didn't jump the white lines of the zebra crossing I would die

Anon (from neighbourhood : in the street)

When I was a child I used to believe that the nuns in my school kept children locked in a room and then they ate them.

Anon (from school : teachers)

When I was a child, I used to believe that the school attic was full of ghosts and elfs.

Lia (from school : classes)

When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.

Salma (from nature : water)

When I was a child I used to believe that there were two hands inside the TV making the cartoons move.

Anon (from media : tv)

When I was a kid I used to believe that clouds were made of sugar

Anon (from nature : weather)

When I was younger I used to believe the bathroom in our school was haunted by a murderer that only appeared when it rained.

Anon (from school : classes)

When I was a child I used to believe that the moon was made of cheese

Anon (from nature : outer space)

WHen I was a child I used to believe the sun rotated between day and night.

Hao (from nature : outer space)

When I was a child I used to belive that fairies were born from the flowers.

fantasy (from make-believe : fairies)

When I was a child I used to believe that the things in my room became smaller but it was me who was growing

Anon (from grown-ups : getting older)