I was a child in the sixties. Since my grandfather had been in WWI, My father was in WWII, and my brother (who was eleven years older than me) was going to be in the Vietnam war; I just assumed that when I came of age, there would be a war for me too - that society was somehow structured this way. By the time I was a teenager, I knew better of course, but I still couldn't shake the feeling that some war was destined for me. Fortunately, as it turned out, there was no US war in the late seventies, breaking the generational cycle. I hope the same goes for my son.
A childhood belief about wars
others believed things like this
- Since he had fought in WWII, I naturally assumed my grandfather had killed Hitler himself.Anon
- When I was a child I used to belive that my father had forever been a 40 years old man.— Nicola
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- I used to think that we were breaking a law every time my mom passed a "Do Not Pass" sign on the road. — Kyra
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie