When I was 3 I assumed that my parents were 18 and that every grown-up was 18.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- that as I grew up, my parents would "grown down," then I would be the Mom and Mom would be my child.Anon
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid
- I thought grown ups were born grown ups.— mea
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born grown up.— Juleen
- I used to believe that cabbage was lettuce that had grown up.— JHR
- I used to believe that every time i went in a store that the grown ups had to buy me something.— jvf