I was very tall for a kid. I used to pray at night when I went to bed that I wouldn't grow anymore because my much shorter sister told me I would grow up to be a giant and mom and dad wouldn't be able to afford to buy me cloths.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey
- How could Baby Jesus be born on Dec 25th, get tall, grow a beard and then die, all by Easter. Whew!— Joe
- I used to believe that if I ate pieces of bread it would soak up my pee and I wouldn't have to pee anymore.— Anna
- i thought that when it was your birthday you grow and then you didn't grow until a years time.— hello
- When I was little, I couldn't wait to grow up so I could grow a mustache. I am female.— Laura
- My sister ate fish food one day and she was convinced that she was going to grow scales— leohauoli