My mom and my (much older than I) sister were asking all the kids in the car one day what they wanted to be when they grew up. I sat right up and said "well, I'm going to be a Hooker when I grow up!" I thought Hookers modeled clothing on street corners. I guess I was about 10 at the time.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- i thought that when it was your birthday you grow and then you didn't grow until a years time.— hello
- I liked cats so much I wanted to be a Vet when I grew up, but, I thought they couldn't eat meat.
— Tanya - I used to believe that I really COULD be anything I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a unicorn. Anon
- When I grew up, I was going to be a mom with no kids.Anon