My bedroom was upstairs, and I hated walking up them at night when my parents were in the living room. After a while I figured that since my parents could actually keep monsters away, then I could trick the monsters into thinking my parents were there by saying, "Good night Dad." "Love you too Mom." Over and over till I got to the safety of my room.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- when i was little i thought every time i left the room my parents turned into aliensAnon
- When I was a child I used to believe that my parents WERE superheroes at night.
Anon - My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb
- I used to believe my parents names were mom and dad till i was 9— Sophiae
- When i was younger, i used to believe that the hanger in my room became a witch every night.— Laura