I used to think that once you became a parent, you had to change your name to "Mom" or "Dad", and that it could not be reversed.
A childhood belief about names

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that my parent was actually stuffing me with tissue when I cut myself.— Colleen
- I used to think that you have to have the same birthday as your parent to have "junior" in your name.Anon
- i used to think that 'uncle sam' was a real person...who took all my parent's money!— julie
- I used to believe that the day would change to the next day after my parents went to bed!— Sarah B
- I thought change was the store's way of saying thank you.— Madeline
- When I was 6 I truly thought that if something was £50 and you gave them £30 you got the goods AND £20 changeAnon