When I was young, I thought that some people were just created as adults and some people were destined to be children their whole lives. I figured that I was going to be stuck being a child forever, and that one day--the day I had been supposed to become an adult--some grown-up or another perma-child would break the truth to me, saying, "Ha ha, we fooled you--you're still a kid and you always will be." I always pictured this person gripping his or her belly while laughing heartily at my gullibility.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- When I was a child, I thought that grown-ups were adult.— Gloria
- I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- I used to think that only grown ups were "people".Children to me were no people ,they were just children.— Minny
- when I was little, I used to think that everyone was a child but someone invented adults to take care of us.— chocolate
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid
- that as I grew up, my parents would "grown down," then I would be the Mom and Mom would be my child.Anon