My sister used to tell me the reason I had to take naps was because while I was sleeping my parents would change the battery in my brain.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- My sister used to believe if you stuck a Q-Tip in one of her ears her brain would pop out the other ear. — Mr.McMelon
- I used to believe that the day would change to the next day after my parents went to bed!— Sarah B
- My sister told me that if I could kiss my elbow I would change into a boy. I never disproved her on this.— Aussie
- My parents said that gnomes tied knots in my hair while I was sleeping. I had insomnia for years.— Daria
- I used to believe that we can change our parents and pay them to be our parents— yzoy
- my sister when she was little thorght head lice tried to borrow into her head to get to her brainAnon