When I was a child, my Dad placed a huge stuffed bear next to the TV. At least it was huge to me at the time.
Dad told me that if I touched the TV the bear would get me, and if my Dad couldn't find me then he would know what really happened when he wasn't looking.
I watched more bear than TV for the longest while.
Then came the remote control. ;-)
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- I used to believe that if you stepped on the cracks of the pavement, a bear would jump up and eat you.— Nina
- I used to talk with my teddy bear and I really thought he answered me.— Joy
- For the longest time I didn't know that Spinal Tap wasn't a real group. No wonder I couldn't find their music.— Louis
- I usde to believe that 'camembert cheese' was actually 'common bear cheese'.— Dan
- i used to believe that the factories were care bear factories because of the clouds of smogAnon