I used to think that all (or most) old people had sad childhood stories to tell, because of the wartime in their younger generation.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- i told my mother that sex was when two people get naked and tell ghost stories.— linds
- When i was younger up untill i was like 8 or 9 i thought that famous people didnt poop only normal people!!!— kaitlin
- I didn't know Reindeer existed, I thought they were just christmas animals for storiesAnon
- When i was younger i used to believe people blind had no eyes.— Kenza
- In childhood, I waited behind the theatre, after the Cinema, hoping to see the artists came out .
— mprnair. - Throughout my childhood I believed that Jimmy Saville's name was actually "Jimll Fixit".— Galina Shinra