I believed as a young child and then teenager that when one reached adulthood everyone did life correctly and never did any wrong doings. Needless to say I was so disappointed to find out grown ups were just as guilty of wrong doing as kids were!
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- When I was young, I honestly believed that I would die before I reached high school. Anon
- When I was a child, I believed that grown-ups didn't lie.Anon
- I believed until near adulthood that when I was 6 or 7 I had actually flown for several feet in my back yard. — Jane S Poole
- when I was a child, I believed that I could not die if I had a life insurrance.— connie
- I used to think grown ups couldn't lie...especially not to kids.— Jessica
- I used to believe that on your birthday everybody would worship you! (I guess I was wrong).— supergirl