hair

When I was a little kid (probably 3 or 4), I always had my hair in two braids with a middle part. I used to always see people with side partings in their hair and be jealous. Side parts were just so cool to me, and I always wanted one. I thought you had to get surgery to change your parting!! I believed this until FIFTH GRADE when my friend who usually had a middle part came in with a side part on picture day.

Anika

My mom used to tell me that I had to brush my hair every morning because tangle fairies came in at night and tied knots in it.

Anon

When i was 5 or 6 i thought hair grew from its edges and not from its roots ahaha and i was afraid of dying my hair because of it for a long time

sybil

I used to believe that if I eat lots of seaweeds, I won't be bald. It is because my parents told me. However, my friends is balding even though he eat lots of seaweeds. It is interesting for me.

tatoo

I used to think that there was one hair on your body—I wasn't sure where—that was connected to your entire inside, and if you pulled it hard enough you'd pull your insides out.

I have no idea why I thought this, but I still think about it sometimes.

Amy

When I was little, I thought if guys grew their hair to their shoulders, they were automatically girls. And if girls kept their leg hair too long they were automatically boys.

Anon

My Mom used to get me to rinse the shampoo out of my hair by singing "Wash that bear out of my hair," an adaptation on the song by South Pacific.
For a long time, I thought my hair got dirty because of the bear that just kept coming back!

Anon

I used to believe that cowlicks on hair were literally licked by a cow. I thought, "why would you let a cow lick your head, and why is it permanent?"

Anon

I used to think that all boys had short hair and all girls had long hair, since that is typical.

When my sister was really little (even though she is only two years younger than me), she had short hair, which looked very boyish, so I was surprised when my dad told me that she was a girl.

Anon

I used to think that all boys had boy hair, and all girls had girl hair.

When my sister was little (though she is only two years younger than me), her hair looked boyish, so I thought at first that she was a boy. I was in for a big surprise when my dad told me that she was a girl.

Anon

I really liked Sailor Moon as a child and I wanted long,blonde hair like her.I also hated tomatoes.So my parents made me believe that if I eat tomatoes,my hair will grow faster.

CrazyKid

When I was a kid, I used to believe you could re-attach your hair after it falls out by spitting on the end and patting it "back on" your head.

Anon

When I was younger I cut my Barbie doll's hair and wondered why it never grew back.

Anon

I spent a lot of time on my grandparent's ranch as a little girl. My mom would brush my hair and I would ask about the way my hair grew funny in a few places. She told me they were my callicks. I thought she was saying "cow licks." I thought mothers took their babies out to the pasture, held them up Lion King style, and let the cow lick it's head, which would impact the way the babies hair grew in. I believed this until I was 6 and asked my mom if we could take my baby sister to see the cows...

Kaci