When I was in kindergarten the first Gulf War was going on. All I really remember is hearing about "some war" and knowing that at one point my father was in the military.
Well, hear comes show-and-tell one day and I forgot to get something so I do what any normal kid would do: make something up (I also did this in second grade and told everyone I had read the entire encyclopedia -- my parents had just bought a new encyclopedia set).
So I told everyone how my dad was in "the war" and how he would come home every night "rugged and tired," because you can come home every night from Iraq! Mteacher was very concerned for me and called my mom to express how deeply she felt that "that little girl's daddy is at war". Needless to say I wasn't allowed to have any play dates for quite some time!
A childhood belief about wars
others believed things like this
- I remember a girl in my kindergarten class told me she wanted to be a waterfall when she grew up.Anon
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb
- I was very young during the first gulf war and I thought that it was fought in the gulf of mexico.— Kay
- Until I was about 13, I believed that the Gulf War took place near the Gulf Of Mexico.... — D
- My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan
- There was a Chinese takeaway near us called the Orient Express. I thought it was Onion Press. Yeah.— Spook