When I was a little girl, my mom and my aunt both wore glasses, and my dad and uncles didn't. I spent a good amount of time believing that all girls would need glasses when they got older.
I wear glasses now. Go figure.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people who wore glasses were blind and could only see when they had their glasses on. Anon
- I used to believe that if you were blind you could wear glasses and you'd be able to see again— Jane
- I used to believe that people who wore glasses were very smart.— Anonymous
- I used to believe that people who wear glasses did had a second brain!— Onessa
- i use to believe that all people who wear glasses were catholic....dont even ask me why???Anon
- One kid I know believed that because I wear glasses, it wouldn't hurt if he poked my eye.Anon