When I was little I would follow my mom everywhere. One morning I followed my mom into the bathroom and watched her swallow a pill from this cool looking dial. Asked her what it was and she said It kept her from having babies.
So I decided that when you were grown-up you had to swallow a pill every day or else a baby would appear in your stomach. Then I asked if my mom would buy me a box of Tic Tacs so I could be really good at swallowing them when I'm grown-up.
I beleived this for quit some time. That is until I was in middle school and we had a class on the whole thing
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- dont swallow gum, it will stick to your stomach , your whole life.— nancy
- I used to believe that i couldn't swallow bubble gum because it would stick to my stomach— Nathalia
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid
- I thought grown ups were born grown ups.— mea