When I was about four I belived that as I grew older my parents would grow younger. I could not wait until they woudl be children and I would be the parent so that I could punish them for mistreating me. It was not mistreatment but rather punishment.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I belived what when i was peeing, a jellymonster would come out of my penis to punish me.— Shuyin
- I used to think that if you ate nuts and seeds that minature trees woudl grow in your stomach.— Gillian
- that when I grew to be an adult my parents would be children.— Rainbow
- When I was little, I couldn't wait to grow up so I could grow a mustache. I am female.— Laura
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- I used to want to be a garbage man when I was older because I belived they only worked one day a week— Oscar the Grouch