During the late 50's, as I began to watch T.V. and learn about reading, I saw advertisements referring to the dangers of "T.B."- I can recall thinking it couldn't be all THAT bad, since I was watching one, and the message was portrayed on one-quite a while passed before I had a clue about the difference between tuberculosis and television- as to the question of which is more dangerous, societally speaking, who can say?
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- I thought my age started at 4, because I couldn't recall any mention of my age before.Anon
- I couldn't understand why my grandmother wore an ear-grenade (hearing aid). It sounded very dangerous to meAnon
- I used to believe that someone, somewhere in the world was watching me on their television.— Liz
- I used to believe that people who were speaking foreighn languages were just speaking gibberish.— Zoe
- My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth
- I used to think that girls' anuses were green. I remember thinking that as late as high school.— Jack