When I was 5, my mom used to tell me that I couldn't become a ballerina when I grew up unless I ate my peas, as they acted like ball berings in my toes. I used to believe this quite strongly apparently, as a few years later, when my little sister had been signed up for ballet lessons, I told her the exact same thing!
A childhood belief about hobbies

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that ballet dancers had flat toes, so when they put on their shoes they would fit right.— Jazzy
- i used to believe that peas were toes — DJ
- I thought that Spandu Ballet were ballet dancers and wore tutus.— Helen
- When I was in preschool, the class bully told me that peas were actully cow boogers. Still won't eat peas.— Ren
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- I believed alligators lived in toilets, and one apparently got hold of my sister.Anon