I believed that after midnight there were actually 12 more hours before the next day. Thus, I never understood why my mom always wanted me to go to sleep so early. I finally found out the truth when I confronted her about having to go to sleep so early.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When listening to the radio in the mornings I felt sorry for singers they had to come and sing that early. — Tereza
- I'm deaf in one ear. Until I was 7 I believed that if I didn't sleep on my good ear, dinosaurs would eat me.Anon
- my friend, up untill she was in her early 20s thought that if you drank gatorade you would sweat in colorAnon
- When a "mean girl" in early grade school asked me if I was a virgin I answered "no I am catholic."— Hilary
- I used to believed that when I went to sleep my heart took a rest too, and didn't pump at all while I slept.— Lara
- As a small child I believed that the word was "nakeup", finally I found out that it was actually "makeup".— Hannnah P.