When I was a kid my parents told me that if someone stepped over you, then you wouldn't grow. So every time someone did that to me, I would yell at them and say "STEP BACK OVER! C'MON, I WON'T GROW IF YOU DON'T!" I'm really tall now, like 6' 3". Guess it wasn't true after all.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i thought that when it was your birthday you grow and then you didn't grow until a years time.— hello
- How could Baby Jesus be born on Dec 25th, get tall, grow a beard and then die, all by Easter. Whew!— Joe
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that if I stepped on a bug, it would step on me in the other world.— classroom 43
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that if I stepped on a bug, it would step on me in the other world.
Anon - When I was little, I couldn't wait to grow up so I could grow a mustache. I am female.— Laura
- i used to think that little tiny spiders would grow big while my mom wasn'r looking and eat me.— rodog