When I was little, I heard the word "euthanasia" as "youth in asia" (presumably due to the war in southeast asia being on TV all the time), and didn't understand what the controversy was over Vietnamese kids.
A childhood belief about people

you weren't the only one
28 of you believed this
- I recently found out that Euthanasia is not Asian youth.Anon
- My mom thought "euthenasia" meant Asian kids.(youth in Asia)— Ibelievedher!
- When I was young I used to believe that Euthanasia was a youth movement in Asia- how naive is that!!!— Ruth
- I have thought, until fairly recently, that Euthanasia was 'youth-in-Asia'
— Ramar - I used to think Euthanasia was youth in asia and couldn't understand why all those kids were being killed.— Andrew
- For many years I didn't understand why everyone was talking about the 'youth in Asia' (euthanasia).Anon