When I was younger grocery shopping was a family affair. My sister (five years my elder) would tell me that she had the power to control the sprinklers in the produce isle, that spray every so often to moisten the fruits and veggies. I believed this until I as about 8.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to think that in the song"Family Affair, they were saying "It's a family of bears!"— Wayne Huffman
- When a grown-up is shown as a child, it was actually them, and the film took 20+ years to produceAnon
- My younger sister used to believe that in everybody's belly button there lived a family of squirrels.— Sophie
- My 6 years younger sister used to tell me that I was younger than her. She was just growing backwards.— Taryn
- I used to believe that the remote control could control all the things in my house, including my dog.— Felipe
- i thought 'locus of control" was spelled as "locust of control".. like the bugAnon