When I was a little girl, I got the message that I could be anything I want when I grew up. So when people would ask me what I wanted to be, I would say "a cat!".
A childhood belief about cats and dogs
others believed things like this
- When i was younger i thougth that when you grew up you could decide whether you wanted to be a girl or a boy. Anon
- I remember a girl in my kindergarten class told me she wanted to be a waterfall when she grew up.Anon
- I used to believe that I really COULD be anything I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a unicorn. Anon
- When I was a little girl I used to believe that when I grew up I'd turn into a man.— Jessica
- I wanted to be an elephant when I grew up. — Vix
- When I was 5, I wanted to be a bunny rabbit when I grew up.— Carrie