When I was 3 or 4, my uncle was babysitting me, and apparently I made a mess by dumping water on my favorite slippers which i had outgrown.
he asked what i was doing, and i explained that I was watering them so they would grow.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- Apparently, when I was little, I used to try and grow chickens by 'planting' their feathers in the ground.— Mat
- My uncle used to believe that he would grow up to be a fire engine or a tiger.
If only...— Josh Y. - I use to believe that your hair grew because you wash i.e like watering a plant — HJON
- I used to think watering dead flowers would bring them back to life.— Natasha
- I used to think that if I ate a fruit seed it would grow in my stomach if I drink water after thatAnon