When I first learned about sex, I didn't associate it with procreation. I thought babies occurred randomly and if a woman didn't get married quick enough when she grew up, she'd have a baby randomly without a man. And that is where single mother's come from!
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- Whwn I was like 8 I used to believe woman just got pregnant randomly. Anon
- I believed that women who wanted babies ate a seed, which then grew into their baby. — World's Worst Scientist
- I believed (thanks to my mum) that babies grew on "baby trees" and simply 'fell off' when they were ripe!!!— Stace
- i used to believe that chocolate would go mouldy if you didn't eat it quick enough— abi
- When I was little, I believed that if I didn't go to the bathroom quick enough, I would actually explode.— Coco S.
- I used to belive that kids had powers and if you didn't master them quick you'd lose them. — Oliver