I used to believe that if you called the number on one of those Christian Children's Fund commercials they would actually send you a child. I was an only child and always begged my mom and dad to send me a baby from South America.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria
- i used to believe that all of south america was mexico— katie
- i beleived that once the tiolet was a big dinosaur and if i sat on it, it would eat my bum and send me to jailAnon
- i always wondered why people sent plums to the queen, in the anthem "send her victorias"— anon uk
- When i was little, I used to send Jesus birthday cards on christmas and thought he would read them in heaven.Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe children were being brought by stork.— Matteo