Growing up a picky eater, my mother told me if I didn't eat more vegetables and things like that I would be a midget when I "grew-up", as she pointed a little person to me in a supermarket. Needless to say, it freaked me out, but I'm still a picky eater and fully grown.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I used to think sausages were vegetables, and they grew in the ground.— K.L.
- My mom threatened that if I didn't eat all my vegetables that the police would come and arrest me.— Lisa T.
- that as I grew up, my parents would "grown down," then I would be the Mom and Mom would be my child.Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe that the things in my room became smaller but it was me who was growingAnon
- When I was little, I used to think that brussel sprouts were midget lettuce.— Jules
- i used to believe that dogs were furry midget who walked on for legs— doggy