I had a babysitter who warned all us kids not let the crumbs from our doughnuts to fall on the floor of her van, or her husband would "kill her". I imagined us all fending for ourselves, no babysitter to take us to the bathroom or give us snacks. I was scared to death.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- When I was a child my father warned me that if i picked my nose, my eye would fall out!— ras
- When I was a child, I had a fear of bagels. I thought they were stale doughnuts.Anon
- I used to believe that "Earwigs lived in your ears", scared
me to death for years.— Will Chapman - I used to think that if you were scared "half to death" that you only had one scare left before you died.— Bush Hiddenofsky
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon
- I used 2 believe crumbs turned into bugs.— Jen