When I was about five, and didn't understand the whole how and where babies came from, I used to think as we (children) aged our parents would do the opposite and become younger. And once we reached adulthood, we would become the parents and our parents were our children. Death and giving birth did not exist in my mind.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- that when I grew to be an adult my parents would be children.— Rainbow
- i used to think only children whose parents don't want them anymore goes to childcare centre.— Long long ago
- i used to believe that parents do things to make there children happier. well i was wrong. — Emma C.
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda
- Ironically my parents were born on the same day; so growing up, I thought all parents had the same birthdays. Anon
- I used to think Kenny Rogers had 400 children and a crop in the field. Rather than 4 hungry children.Anon