i used to think that while all the kids were at school, the adults would all come out of their houses and scream curse words at the top of their lungs.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that school was a place kids go to get turned into adults.— Samantha
- I used to think you had to get special permission from your parents to use curse words— zeitgeist
- I used to think that I was smarter than adults. Now I know kids are smarter than adults in many ways— Marshall M
- I used to believe when adults grew up only 4' 9" or lower are still classified as kids.— Jorge
- I thought that kids' pee was yellow and adults' pee was clear.— Aretia
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish