As A Child: I used to believe I had to get my nightly prayers exactly right or God would not accept them so I would sometimes stay up a very long time in bed repeating my prayers over and over just to get it exactly right
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I said my prayers, "God Bless..." meant please keep burglars awayAnon
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- I thought the mole on my arm was from a bug pooping on my arm a long time agoAnon
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon