I used to believe that if you didn't follow the directions on the sweetarts that said "bite em" or "suck em" that you would die. Thanks to my big sister this plagued my childhood.
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- I used to belief sloths lived in trees outside my childhood home. My older sister told me so.Anon
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon
- i used to believe that the sun/moon would follow me because i could see it where ever i was.— Omar
- I use to think that when you say a "one-way" stree sign you had to follow it.— Ron