When a grown up told me they heard about me being naughty or doing well at play school (nursery) I believed they heard me from far away. When some grown ups told me they didn't I then concluded that some grown ups like mum or gran had special powers other grown ups didn't have. I learned the truth soon after.
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid
- I thought grown ups were born grown ups.— mea
- When I was a child, I believed that grown-ups didn't lie.Anon
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born grown up.— Juleen
- My dad once told me that every potato we had ever eaten was grown in his ear.— Shirley B.
- I used to believe that cabbage was lettuce that had grown up.— JHR