When I was about nine, my cousin told me that when a smoke detector blinks red, it means there is a fire. I went and asked my dad if it was true and he told me it just meant the detector is working. However I still can't look at a smoke detector. If I do, and it blinks red, I freak out still
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that smoke stacks that pumped out white smoke were cloud makers.— lizzie
- I used to believe that clouds came from the smoke that came from the factories. — Anela
- I used to believe only women who had sex were allowed to smoke. Whatever sex was.— Robert
- I used to believe that if you smoked too much,when you got mad your ears would smoke.Anon
- I thought in order to smoke a cigarret, you had to eat it!— Zoe
- When i was a kid I used to believe that smoke was dead souls floating around— Nick aged 8