i was a really little kid when i was in elementary school, and got made fun of for being so short. so because my mom told me that people grow during their sleep, every night i would lay in bed fully stretched out in the hopes that i would grow. unfortunetly it didn't work.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to think a mustache grew out of your nose hairs. I tried to let mine grow, but it didn't work. — Barry
- i thought that when it was your birthday you grow and then you didn't grow until a years time.— hello
- Migets were people who were bad when they were kids and there parents didn't let them grow up.— Teresa
- When I was young I want to grow up yo be a trash man, becuse they only work one day a week.— Steve H
- When I was little, I couldn't wait to grow up so I could grow a mustache. I am female.— Laura
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis