I used to think that when you read letters to counsellors in children's magazines, saying 'I don't like my mum's boyfriend' or whatever, it meant that they had bad taste in something that they didn't agree on, like not agreeing on the same food or watching the same TV show, before knowing now that it usually means stuff about
Paedophilia.
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- I used to think that an imbecile was some type of seal, before knowing that it meant someone stupid.Anon
- i use to think that i was part of a tv show that a giant was watching— victoria
- i used to believe it was okay to have a booger collection. my mom did not agree— Michelle
- After watching a crazy TV show, I believed that aliens were real. I still have a little fear of them. — Niki005
- I thought if food said it was fat free it meant you could eat as much as you want without getting fat!— Brainhead
- That the white stuff coming out of aeroplanes meant that someone on the plane had just got married.Anon