When I was little my mom used to tell my younger brother and me that the car wouldn't start or go unless we had our seatbelts on. We believed this up until we were like 10 or 11. Fortunately though it always keeps us wearing seatbelts even when 15 years later we are now driving.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought that when I grew up I HAD to start wearing polyester like my mom.— levi lady
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- When I was really young I used to think that dead bodies wouldn't start rotting until they were buried.— Katherine
- when i was younger i used to think no-one was driving cars and it was only my family who were allowed to...— Lucie x
- I believed if I prayed for the Devil, he would start being good for God. — Jackie
- When I was younger, I wanted to marry Willie Nelson so I wouldn't have to change my name.— stacy