When my sister and I were little, my Mom told us that it was illegal to get your ears pierced before you were six years old. Every time we would see a baby or toddler with earrings in, we would freak out and think that they were going to go to jail.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- For some reason until I was about 10 I used to believe that the dentist pierced your ears.— Kendall.XxX
- I used to believe that cows mooed out of their ears-because my older sister told me they did.— ella
- I used to think that Legal and Illegal meant the same thing (illegal)— Dhruv
- When my brother was little he heard the song "Le Freak" by Chic (Ahhh, freak out!) like this: Ahhh, free cow!Anon
- every time I see a shadow thats not mine I freak out because I think It's a vampire— Dalton Anderson
- 'I've got candy in my ears tonight, baby'.
~Canned Heat, Jimiroquai.— Nin