I believed that if I touched the gray "snooze" button on my parent's alarm clock that I would become a girl. I believed this because when I was about 4 years old I had asked my mom what the button was for, and that was the explanation she gave me. I was afraid to go near it for years.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I once asked my dad what Jesus' surname was, and he said it was 'Sinclair'.
I believed it for years!— Rebekah - For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- i was afraid to use my dad's hairbrush because i thought it would give me gray hairs.Anon
- When I was 4 or so I believed if you touched a dead person you'd die too.— anonymous