When I was in elementary school, I believed that girls could only get their periods if they were sitting on the toilet. Boy was I surprised when I got my first period!
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- When I was in elementary school, I believed my heart moved across my chest throughout the day.— Allison
- When my mom was a child, she thought that while girls had periods, boys had hemorrhoids!Anon
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- My mom told me sex was people making out with no clothes on, boy was I surprised in middle school!— Amie
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell