When I was 5 or so, my dad used to tell me that if I wasn't asleep by midnight, I would turn into a pumpkin. I was so scared because I didn't know he was joking.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I ate pumpkin, I would change into Cindrella. So I was always ate pumpkin.— Mine
- when i was little i used to believe that all my barbies would come alive at midnight while i was asleep — stephanie
- when i was a kid, i used to think that if i didn't fall asleep, morning wouldn't comeAnon
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey
- I used to to believe that all adults went to bed at midnight.Anon
- I used to belive all grown ups went to bed at midnight.Anon