As most children, I had trouble understanding where babies came from. My trouble, however, simply came in a misunderstanding of terms. For some reason, "born" sounded like "burned." ("Mommy, where was I burned?") Consequently, I was positive that children appeared from fire.
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when two people married their children appeared out of the middle of nowhere.Anon
- There were no writers behind children's books--they just magically appeared at the library! Anon
- I used to believe that when a person was "fired" from their job, that they were literally burned at the stake.Anon
- I thought firefighters were really "firefires," and burned houses down insted of putting them out.Anon
- I thought that "Doube Bubble Toil and Trouble" was "Doube Bubble, Toilet Trouble" Anon
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda