When I was little I had a love of playing with Play-Doh. I learned to read when I was two, so I always knew that it said "Non-Toxic" on the can. I was told by someone, my mom probably, that it meant that if you ate it it wasn't poisonous. I took that to mean that I could eat all I wanted.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- I thought tonic water was toxic water and wondered why would anyone drink it if it is toxic?— Dr.Badguy
- I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy
- I used to think that 'non toxic' was a color. I always did wander why is was written on every crayon.— Maddy
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- I thought the cremations were for people that wanted their love ones buried at home.— Helen