When I was a kid in the late 70s my family took a trip to Washington, DC, and we toured the White House. I kept trying to look around corners while standing in line (ultimately to be yanked back in) because I thought that since it was the president's house, someone would come out to greet us. Even Amy Carter would have been great. After all, whenever people would come to OUR house, my mom and dad would have me come out from wherever I was to say hello to our company.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- The Whit house down the street was the real "White House". — SG
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- when i was young i believed that when u moved house the house would come with you !!!
just like a turtleAnon - I used to believe that if you opened up an umbrella inside your house that the whole house would fly awayAnon
- when i was younger i thought that when you moved house your house moved with you!!— chrissy
- WHEN I WAS FIVE I THOUGHT DEAD PEOPLE
JUST GOT THRONE IN THE BIN AT THERE HOUSE.— JESSELEE GWYNNE (VICTORA)