After reading a book to the class about the solar system, one of my daycare kids believed the sun was going to blow up within days and Earth would be gone. I found out from his concerned parents the next day and it took alot of convincing to make him think otherwise.
A childhood belief about outer space
others believed things like this
- when I was small I always thought that the solar system ended, and then it was just white paper after that— sparrow
- My dad told me that when he was little, he thought the trees waved back and forth to make the wind blow.— casey
- I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.Anon
- i believed that if you farted too much in a room and you were to light a flame your house would blow up— the nuclear fart
- My parents told me that Jesus visited Santa Claus when he was dead for three days. — Rick Hamell
- i could swear eleventeen was a number for the longest time -- it still sounds pretty convincing.— erin