I grew up as an only child and at school (3rd or 4th grade) I heard some boys saying that their parents told them that if they played with their penises they would get REALLY sick. I was relieved because I knew I didn't have a penis. Some time later I told a girlfriend what I had heard and she said that the boys were lucky. She said that if girls played with themselves our hands would fall off into the big hole we had! Glad I'm an adult!!!
A childhood belief about rude bits

others believed things like this
- I used to believe both boys and girls had penises so i thought sex was when they tied them together.Anon
- I never knew why boys had to lift up the toilet seat...until my friend told me that boys had bad aim.Anon
- I used to believe that condoms were weared by girls and boys
both. And they both have penisAnon - I used to believe that little boys grew up to be girls and little girls grew up to be boys. — Darin
- when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
- Yeah I believed (because my mother had told me) that your 'willy' would fall off if you played with it :D— Doz