When I was 5, I used to think the people on the Cosby Show were a real family. Then one day I asked, "Why can't be we on TV too? And who are the people whose names keep coming on when the show starts?" and my aunt said, "TV isn't real, they're pretending". That changed my world, since up to that point I thought EVERYTHING on TV was real.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to think that 'black comedy' was show like Family Matters and The Cosby Show.— Katie
- I used to believe the T.V show "War of the Worlds" was for real, that those aliens were REALLY coming for us. — Adelaida
- i used to believe dragon ball z was real
and namek was in another dimension
and every show on tv was realAnon - I used to believe that boys were like robots and had no real feelings, that they were not even real people.— Lisa
- When I was a child I used to believe that when I played video games my real world changed like the game. — J
- After watching a crazy TV show, I believed that aliens were real. I still have a little fear of them. — Niki005