When I was a toddler my father told me all the bouys at the beach connected into a gate that kept sharks out. This belief lasted until my 2nd year of high school,and I haven't gone in the water since.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all the first names of judges was Justice till I was doing my 4th high school year.— Tafadzwa
- Waves are whales and sharks moving up and down under the waterAnon
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally
- I asked my father what holy water was. He told me it was the priest's bathwater. — Gwen
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I used to believe that you got married right after you finished high school or college. Anon