I was terrified of the idea of having children because I was under the impression that you literally had to teach them everything the way a teacher teaches things. Like you 'd have to sit them down and teach them every single word in the dictionary. I thought it would take years and years to do this. It wasn't until I expressed this fear to my mother that she calmed me down explained that children learn language simply by hearing it and being spoken to. This was a big relief.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I HAD to make up my own language and teach it to everyone. I was soo weird.— one day maybe!
- When I was little, I used to think that Latin was wriiten because it wasn't a spoken language!!!— Stupid Gal
- When I was little I thought grown ups could fly but wouldn't tell me about it or teach me until I got older.— James the Great
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda
- I used to think Kenny Rogers had 400 children and a crop in the field. Rather than 4 hungry children.Anon
- I used to think that my cat was an alien that had come to teach me how to be good!— laz