I used to believe that when an ambulance came by, we should touch red, because the person in the ambulance was someone we knew. I also used to believe that African Americans like me were never slaves, until roots came on TV.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My mom thought "ambulance" was "ambliance"— Molly
- Our mum told us that the ice-cream van noise was a children's ambulance— moonpants & sausage
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I used to believe that rootbeer was made from the roots of a beer plant.Anon
- I used to believe that I was the only person in the entire world who knew about my favorite ratio station.— Gillian
- I usd to believe that, all Americans were left handed and we all died when we reached our 100th birthday!— Greg Baron