I used to beleive that you would be put in jil if you didn't do what your parents told you to by the count of 1. I thought that they would just take you to jail and keep you there untill you died.
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- I thought that Count Dracula was the count from Sesame StreetAnon
- my mum told me when i was 11 if i swore the police would take me to jail. — tg in blue
- i didn't beleive this, but a kid my sister knew thought if he screamed in a really high voice, he ran faster.Anon
- When I was six, my cousin told me that if I stuffed my bra the cops would come get me and take me to jail.— Juliea
- my parents were hippies and I use to beleive that Jerry Garcia was SAnta Clause. — Melissa
- I thought to count to one thousand you did 1-100, then 100-199, then came 1,000.— Anon!