When I was a small child, I used to believe that each night, Jimmy Carter (then president of the US) would come into every little girl's bedroom and say good night. We never did find out who (or what) that person was that I saw each night!
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan
- I used to believe that moths circled lights at night trying to find a way out of the world!— Diane D.
- WHen I was a child I used to believe the sun rotated between day and night.— Hao
- When I was a child I used to believe that my parents WERE superheroes at night.
Anon - when I was a child I used to believe...that dogs barking at night were chating about their day job.— Ronald Sanchez
- When I was a child I used to believe that teddy bears could talk to me at night.— Daiana