Up until the age of about 6 I always believed that people were born as either adults or children; I was one of the unlucky ones I used to think until the day I could switch the light switch off without standing on something, which made me realise I was in fact growing up
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I used to belive that if we could find the light switch that controlled the sun, we could control the world. Anon
- I used to believe untill I was five that all adults are born like that and all little children stay little— Igor
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda
- That adults came into the world as adults and were never childrenAnon
- I used to believe that some first names were specifically for children and some were specifically for adults.— Marco