I used to believe that adults had necklaces, sort of like amulets, which allowed them to hear other people's thoughts. It therefore made sense that my parents were always saying they knew what we were thinking.
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- I remember thinking that the "Nude Furniture" store was some sort of naughty place. — Texas Rocky
- At night I would hear the chirping crickets and thinking it was comeing from the stars in the sky!— delana
- Until I was about 12 years old I believed that homeless people were made up by my parents to scare me.— Angela B.
- i used to believe that the "fast lane" actually had some sort of tracks on it that made you go faster.— erin
- I used to think that the priest at church was JESUS.
He had a beard.... it made sense— Joe B - I used to believe that broccoli grew on trees. It looks like a tree, so it made sense, right?— Catherine...