When I was little, I believed my dad could stop the rain at any second while driving down the freeway. What I didn't notice was that he would shout "stop!" every time we would drive under an overpass. I finally figured it out around 7 or 8. :)
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali
- When I was young, I thought that rice was actually ants eggs! Didn't stop me from eating it though (: -@— Doh!
- I believed that the rain would melt everything...I was terrified to go outside in the rain! — Cris
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary