When I was about 8 I started "playing doctor" with the boy next door. A few years later I heard the term child molestor and when I found out what it meant I was terrified. I thought that "playing doctor" made me a child molestor and the police would find out my dirty secret and come drag me off to jail. I didn't realize that you have to be an adult in order to qualify.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- When i was child, i used to believe i can fly, but i had to find the "formula" for realize it— Magic. W.
- When I was a child, I believed that thunder was God playing on the computer.
— Gabriela - when i was a child i beleived that i can earn some money just playing with toys:)— Mário Rui
- When I was a child I used to believe that stand up pianos actually told jokes as well as playing music.— L MAN
- I once thought people would keep growing until they were as big as buildings if they didn't go to the doctor. — Tufty
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon