i used to think 20 was the highest number. i would make my mom count to twenty since i actually couldnt, and then say "and thats the highest number!" my parents soon corrected me.
A childhood belief about counting

others believed things like this
- when i was in kindergarten i used to think that 100 was the highest someone could count!— Jessica
- I used to believe that twenty was the largest number in the universe.— Bernardo Fernandez
- The highest of all numbers was "a finnety."— Becky
- when i was little i believed that your social security number was the number you were born on the earth — christine
- I used to believe there was a number "eleventeen". I could never quite work out where it went, though.— Matthew
- I used to think boys went "number two" with their pee pees. Anon