I used to believe that kids weren't allowed to have Cheese Nips. I think it was because my mom told me she wouldn't buy them because she didn't like them but as I got a little older I wondered why we couldn't eat them and thought maybe they had alcohol in them.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- My mum told my older brother that dogs weren't allowed in London.— Fiz
- Up until I was about seven, I thought soda pop was alcoholic and that's why kids weren't allowed it.Anon
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- At the time I thought the moon was made of cheese and with oceans of cheese— 123
- I used to think that GLASS and GRASS was the same thing. I always wondered why windows weren't green...— Alex
- Until I was around 9 or 10 I believed that a woman was only allowed to marry a man who was older than her. — Rose