I was told that people had seven layers of skin. I thought that if you lost one layer, it didn't grow back. I was so scared to get scrapes and cuts.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- i thought that when it was your birthday you grow and then you didn't grow until a years time.— hello
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon
- Migets were people who were bad when they were kids and there parents didn't let them grow up.— Teresa
- I used to believe that being a tiger would be a job like plumber or layer. It was my dream job.— Dom
- That everyone had the same amount of skin and that short people were fat and tall people were skinny.Anon
- I thought your fingers would grow back if they got cut off— Nate