I used to believe that life preservers and preserves (as in jam) were the same. I asked my mother how could we use the preserves to save a life, and she didn't understand why I made that assumption.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a life sentece was for when you stay in jail for your whole entire life.— Sara
- I used to believe that my life was a video game with only 1 life and that God was playing it. — Rina
- As an artist, i used to believe that my drawings were visions of my past life.(i had a good past life)— Blind dreamer
- I used to think that if a fly didn't bleed when it was swatted, it would come back to life.Anon
- I used to belive that if you didn't keep a promise you would have bad luck for the rest of your life— Rebbecca
- My sister once asked her mother why she didn't paint her black....Anon