When I was let's say 5 I thought if the television screen broke, then everything you had seen on television like scary movies, cartoons, etc. would come out from the television into your house!
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I could jump through the television and be where the people were on television.— Ash
- I used to think the people who appeared on television lived in it and if I broke it they would escape. — Malika
- last time when the television was on i thought the people were performing in it -.-
— irritated kid - When I was around four, I thought every black man on television was Bill Cosby.— Linda
- I used to believe that the people inside the television could see you. Anon
- I used to believe that someone, somewhere in the world was watching me on their television.— Liz