As a child my parents had me convinced that the eject button on the car radio would eject me from the back seat. Thanks to this belief anytime I was being misbehaved in the car all they had to do was hold their finger over the button and I would start begging them not to push it.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- when i was a child i used to think that my belly button was for storing smarties— GemSue
- I used to believe your belly button was a knot that held you together - my parents had wierd anatomical views— anne
- I used to belive that if you didn't hold onto hte toilet seat you would fall in.— silly
- i thought that outies were an on/off button— mr.bob
- babies come out of your belly button— Kit