when i was 9, i had a fren who jus got a period. before this, we had no idea this was part and parcel of womanhood. she panicked in school and came to me crying that her privates were injured and was bleeding. i helped her put tissues and tried to stop the bleeding. it was after a few years later did i stop feeling worried for her as she refused to tell me what happened after that day....
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali
- I used to believe evrybody's privates were diffrent-- thus the name "privates"Anon
- when i was little i thought it rained because something bad happened and god or jesus was crying. — derek