My dad had me convinced that I would turn into a boy when I turned twelve. By the time I did turn twelve, I was 99.99% convinced he was wrong-but I checked anyway.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- i used to believe if i eat fish it would turn my stomach into a fishtank and make me turn into glass.Anon
- When I was young, I thought that when you turn the blinkers on in the car, it made the car turn.— Cassidy
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon