My mother made me believe that If you eat ear wax, you will become mute, And I even convinced my cousin to believe in this as well. So one day, when my mother sent us to sleep early, we were so upset, so we decided to eat each other's ear wax to be mute to protest against her.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When the Queen Mother died when I was quite upset because I thought royalty did not die.— Carrie
- I thought that my parents chose my cousins, and was upset when my mother wouldn't let me add one.Anon
- I used to believe that my mother didn't sleep and that she was a super hero!— AntoineBoom
- My mother's name was Anna. She was called "Annemor"(Duck mama). I was convinced I was a duckling.— Christine Norway
- My mother convinced all of us kids in our family that the large rhubarb in the garden was a Man-Eating Plant. — H.Miller
- I used to see "End Road Work" signs, and thought they were a sort of protest.— Sebastian