I thought fetuses being in the mother's stomach had to be bored and so they watched TV too, but rather than TV, they watched their moms take craps, except it was from the inside. So they got to see the actual crap being formed and coming out of the butt.
Once I figured this out I told my mother and she nodded understandingly. I beamed and knew I was right all along.
A childhood belief about reproduction

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- My dad once told me when i was about 7 or 8 that if i watched too much t.v., i would be sucked into the tv.Anon
- When I was very little I used to believe that when babies were born they came out of the mother's stomach.— Aerith
- I used to believe that babies came out through the mother's belly and they sewed up the stomach afterwards.— Lucy
- I used to be told that if you watched too much TV your eyes would turn square. — Amy
- i used to believe that the people on TV could see me. i never watched tv without getting dressed first!— Katy