My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if your belly button came undone your skin would fall off! Anon
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- when I was a kid I thought that babies come out of a belly-button.— Ana
- i used to belive that if yo played with you belly utton that all your skin would unravel— steven sean john johnston
- babies come out of your belly button— Kit
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann