My kindergarten teacher used to get facelifts. My older brother told me that kids weren't supposed to know (and he would get in trouble for telling me), but when someone gets a facelift, their face is replaced with a new one. Many years later, I asked my parents. Of course, my brother doesn't remember telling me that...
A childhood belief about teachers

others believed things like this
- My mum told my older brother that dogs weren't allowed in London.— Fiz
- my brother stopped me sucking my thumb by telling me the scissor man would come and cut it off
he was evilAnon - I used to think the word "european" had something to do with pee, and that kids weren't supposed to say it.Anon
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah