When I was a kid I just assumed that you could have any sort of beard you wanted when you grew up. I liked the big curly "Homeric" beards on Greek statues, and decided that was the kind I was going to have.
It was a bit of a disappointment to end up with something that looks like a rat's nest.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- I used to believe only certain men grew beards, not all of them.— Shauna
- Men grew beards and mustages from drinking and smoking— Alma
- I believed because my Dad and all of his brothers had beards that ALL dads had beards!Anon
- i used to believe all foriegn languages were greek if you learned greek you could speak them all
— pappy 6 27 35 - Trees grew leaves as camouflage so birds would`nd nest in them. Don`t ask.— DaWind
- I thought that Loch Ness was actually Loch Nest because it was like the monster's nest— Dietrich Corby