Whenever my parents were just waking up, they would yawn. So I thought yawning was something you did when you were waking up. My mother sent me to take a nap that I didn't want to take when I was about 3, and my argument was, "I'm yawning! You only yawn when you're not tired anymore!"
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the roars from airplanes was the earth yawning.— Natasha
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- i used to think only children whose parents don't want them anymore goes to childcare centre.— Long long ago
- I thought that my parents chose my cousins, and was upset when my mother wouldn't let me add one.Anon
- I used to believe that snow on the ground was clouds that were too tired to fly.— alex
- I used to believe that being wasted meant feeling really tired. Anon