I was 4 and remember one day telling my parents that I had decided I wanted to be a boy when I grew up. My best buddies were boys and I didn't realize I was a girl or the concept of gender. I was very bummed when they said I couldn't be a boy when I grew up.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I remember a girl in my kindergarten class told me she wanted to be a waterfall when she grew up.Anon
- When i was younger i thougth that when you grew up you could decide whether you wanted to be a girl or a boy. Anon
- I liked cats so much I wanted to be a Vet when I grew up, but, I thought they couldn't eat meat.
— Tanya - I used to believe that little boys grew up to be girls and little girls grew up to be boys. — Darin
- When I was a little girl I used to believe that when I grew up I'd turn into a man.— Jessica
- I wanted to be an elephant when I grew up. — Vix