I used to think that growing up happened all at once and at random. Like one day I'd wake up and suddenly be seven feet tall and considered an adult.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you are 90 years old, you are also 90 feet tall.Anon
- On TV game sows when they said the winners were chosen "at random" I thought random was a town.Anon
- when i was young i used to believe a wake was when you waited for the dead person to wake upAnon
- I used to think that growing pains meant that a tomato plant was growing in your stomach.— Annette
- When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- i used to believe that random people would win a pulit-surprize.— timmy