I used to believe that all DVDs contained the characters inside them. When you played the DVD, the characters would come and act like they are on a play. This belief disappeared when I found out how DVDs and videos work, when I was around 8 or 9 years old.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I thought that 'burning' DVDs and CDs was literally incinerating them. — These Tunes Are FIRE!
- When I was smaller I used to think that if I broke the Tv the characters would come out x]Anon
- I thought Bonnie and Clyde were fictional characters.Anon
- my sister told me that bunkers on golf courses were for children to play in while their dads played golf.— Julie
- When I was little I use to belief that if we swallowed the pit of a fruit, a tree would grow inside us.— Maya
- When I was little I believed little men and little women worked inside my body to make everything work.— Ashley