When I was a kid, I thought that the electrical stations on the side of the road looked like a playground (monkeybars, slides, etc). When I asked my mom if we could go there, she told me those weren't for kids, and that only adults were allowed. From that point on, I couldn't wait to grow up so I could play on the adults-only playground.
A childhood belief about excursions

others believed things like this
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish
- I used to think that I was smarter than adults. Now I know kids are smarter than adults in many ways— Marshall M
- I thought that kids' pee was yellow and adults' pee was clear.— Aretia
- I thought cartoons were for kids and "real-life programs" for adults.— Ichigo
- That adults came into the world as adults and were never childrenAnon
- Up until I was about seven, I thought soda pop was alcoholic and that's why kids weren't allowed it.Anon