My parents told me that a man and a woman had to do "something special" to make a baby. However, she didn't specify what this "something special" was, nor did I quite understand about pregnancy (I was very little). I'd also been told that babies came "from God" if you prayed for one, so I put the two together, and decided there must be some sort of special baby-creating prayer/ritual. I had vague mental images of my parents lighting candles and chanting until a baby spontaneously appeared in the room.
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- My parents told me that babies were made from dimonds under cabbage patches, that would grow into a baby.Anon
- I used to think you had to get special permission from your parents to use curse words— zeitgeist
- That because Gerber Baby Food had a baby on it real babies were put in there. Thanks a lot cousin!— Nicole
- When I was first told about intercourse, I didn't believe it. How could peeing inside a girl make a baby?— Art
- That to make a baby a man (over 21 & under 25) had to kiss a woman (over 19 & under 21).— Johny
- my aunt told us there was a special chemical in the pool that would turn red if we peed in it.Anon