I was awake one night when I heard my parents lecturing my older sister and were telling her that they were going to ground her. I took this as meaning they were going to kill her (I guess maybe putting her underground?) and began sobbing.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- Until I was in High School, I really thought that the "underground railroad" was under the ground.— S
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner
- When trains (subways) go underground, my little sister thought that the lights were shooting stars.— Katie
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- My sister used to believe that chickens grew from the ground.Anon
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela