My parents are from China, but my sister and I were born in the United States. Whenever my parents talked about wanting to take us to China for vacation, I'd be TERRIFIED because I had heard about their one child policy (to reduce the population growth rate), and I thought they would kill me for being the younger daughter!
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that China was attached to the United States somewhere up near Washington state.Anon
- Me and my sister used to dig holes in the yard because we thought we could dig to china.— Savannah
- When I was younger, I used to think people in China walked upside down.— Max
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor
- Ironically my parents were born on the same day; so growing up, I thought all parents had the same birthdays. Anon
- Until about 2nd grade, I thought they spoke Spanish in China.Anon