When I was a child I didn't sleep well until late at night. So, my parents were worried about me. My older cousin , live in my house. He told me " now at night outside of the house, there is a very very scarely old women, who is like ghost. She wants to catch a boys and girls. But If you don't want to be caught by her you should go to bed early . and you have to make a fist while you sleep, got a lot older I made a fist and went to bed early.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner
- If I pretend to sleep the ghost won't eat me
Anon - I used to believe that when we went to bed at night, all the animals in our house talked to each other. Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe that my parents WERE superheroes at night.
Anon