When I was very young (about 4 or 5), I used to believe that if you played with your penis, it would drop off! I used to be very fearful of this, especially when my dad jokingly told me that a lumberjack called John he knew suffered from this unfortunate circumstance due to his own wondering hands!
Adults do like to fill children's minds with alot of rubbish!
A childhood belief about rude bits
others believed things like this
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda
- That adults came into the world as adults and were never childrenAnon
- I was told when young that if i kept poking my bellybutton my bum would drop off.— vicky
- I used to believe untill I was five that all adults are born like that and all little children stay little— Igor
- I used to believe that a penis was called a bobby because my mum told me... I believed this until I was 15.— Patricia
- my sister told me that bunkers on golf courses were for children to play in while their dads played golf.— Julie