I don't think I knew about periods at this time but I used to think that ladies had to wear pads every day and change them every time they went to the washroom.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- My kids seen my maxi pads and now they think I wear Pampers now they call me Pamper lady!!— Angela
- I used to belive ( along time ago) that the pads my mom used were diapers for mummies.— Kristie
- I thought that your period came out all at once and you had to wear a pad around the time it would come.— Sarah
- I thought pads sucked blood from women. It wasn't until later in life that I knew their actual purposeAnon
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O