When I was a kid, I believed that when you got old your hair not only turned white or gray but also automatically became short and puffy, because that was how the older women in my family wore theirs.
A childhood belief about hair
others believed things like this
- I used to belief that the Muslim women who wore their garment wore it because they were bald.Anon
- I used to believe that showing my bare arms meant that I was naked, so I never wore short sleeves as a kid. Anon
- Until I was 8 I used to think that women who wore eye liner were witches. — Will
- I used to believe that hair was only for men, and girls wore wigsAnon
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon
- That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon