My child used to believe......

[torinsmom]

Here is something my DS15 just told me he believed when he was a lot younger. You know the fast food drink lids that have the little "buttons" the sever pushes down to shoe which type of soda is it? DS told me he used to believe that if he pushed one down, the drink would change to that flavor!

He also used to think that he would go down the drain, but I think that's a pretty common one.

So did your child believe anything weird or funny when they were little?

Marsha

 

[design_mom]

LOL! That's funny.

Here's one that *I* used to believe when I was little. My Dad and my uncle were both left handed. My mom, sister, aunt, and I were all right handed. Therefore, in my brain, all women were right handed and all men were left handed.

I guess I never paid much attention to the fact that most boys were not left-handed, but I remember meeting a left-handed girl in grade school and thinking "Whoa! What's going on?"

p.s. My DS is left-handed and my DD is right-handed.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

My kids are still little, so they really haven't disclosed any misconceptions like that just yet.

But when I was little--I believed that back in the Wally and Beaver days--there truly was no color in the world and that is why all the old shows (and photographs) were in black and white. One day I finally asked my mom when color was invented. It took a while for her to understand what I was asking. At first, I think she thought I was asking about color television. No--I meant when was color invented so that trees could be green, the sky could be blue...etc. I have no idea how old I was--but I was definitely the younger than 10.

 

[emer95]

These are so cute!

I remember thinking that there were little tiny people inside of radios, and they had musical instruments. I figured there had to be at least one man and one woman, and they just took turns doing all of the voices.

I also thought that if my mom and dad never married each other, but married other people instead, I would be half of one person and half of another person. I couldn't conceive of the idea that I wouldn't exist!

 

[Ohiodislover]

When I was little I believed that Middletown Ohio was where all the streets/roads ended and you could just drive off into a big big pit. Imagine my horror when my aunt started dating someone from Middletown and wanted me to go with her to see him

I love stories like this.

 

[PirateSnowmen]

These are so cute!

I remember thinking that there were little tiny people inside of radios, and they had musical instruments. I figured there had to be at least one man and one woman, and they just took turns doing all of the voices.

I also thought that if my mom and dad never married each other, but married other people instead, I would be half of one person and half of another person. I couldn't conceive of the idea that I wouldn't exist!

I have one similar to that - when I was little I used to think there were little people inside traffic lights that would change the colors, and when the light was red that's when the little people (inside the lights) would sleep or eat. I remember sitting in the car at traffic lights yelling at the little people to "Wake up!!!" when the light was red

This isn't really a misconception, but, when I was about 3, my parents took me to see Disney on Ice - Aladdin. Well, I was so scared of Jafar, that whenever he would come out on the ice I would ask my mom to take me to the bathroom. I would then hide in the stall until he was gone (I could hear what was going on from inside the bathroom). I didn't tell this to my mom at the time, but I did tell her about a year ago why I kept having to go to the bathroom that day. She couldn't stop laughing - she said that she remembers having to take me to the bathroom practically every 5 minutes, but she thought I was just sick. It never really occurred to her that I was scared. She still makes fun of me for it, too. We were watching Aladdin about 2 weeks ago, and when Jafar came onto the screen she asked if she should escort me to the bathroom

 

[iwrbnd]

I used to think people were taking showers under the streets when I passed a drain!

And didn't we all think a watermelon would grow in our belly if we swallowed a seed?

These are fun stories to read!

 

[dakcp2001]

My mother told us when we were little that if we told a lie our tongue would turn black. SO if she thought we were not bein g truthful she would demand we stick out our tongue. "Show me, now!'

Pretty brilliant actually, if we were telling the truth we would stick it right out, if we were not, we would not want to show her. On more than one occasion I ran into the bathroom to look in the mirror to check.


I am totally using this one if I ever have kids.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Ahh these stories are adorable. I wish I could remember the things that I believed, I bet there were some doozies. Even better, I wonder what my DD thinks about the world.

 

[CathrynRose]

My husband - the first funeral he went to was an Uncle with the last name "Johnson" (changed for the boards)

Well, the funeral home he went to was called - Johnson's Funeral Home.

He assumed when you died, they changed that whole sign for you.

 

[Becky2005]

I can't remember any of myself but my brother used to think the 4th of July fireworks were for HIS birthday. His birthday is June 30 and somehow he thought they were doing the fireworks especially for him.

I suppose technically he was right, the fireworks ARE for birthday!!! Just not his specifically.

 

[MonkeyDishwasher]

When I was younger, I thought that there were monsters in the toilet that would grab you and take you away when you flush, but they were scared of grown ups so they stayed away during the day.

If I ever woke up in the middle of the night and had to use the restroom, I would inch as far away from the toilet as I could, hit the handle, and RUN back to bed and hope the monsters didn't catch me.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

When I was younger, I thought that there were monsters in the toilet that would grab you and take you away when you flush, but they were scared of grown ups so they stayed away during the day.

If I ever woke up in the middle of the night and had to use the restroom, I would inch as far away from the toilet as I could, hit the handle, and RUN back to bed and hope the monsters didn't catch me.

Oh! OH! I used to think that too.. but vampires that would bite your butt! I felt bad for the little boys who had to use the potty... Apparently DH had the same fear, but snakes!

 

[portocall]

Remember when you called a number for a recording of the current time and temperature? I used to believe there was a woman who answered the phone and called her often because I didn't want her to be lonely. I mean who in their right mind would call for that information when a house had a clock and a thermometer?

 

[Tiana]

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[Shutterbug]

When I was little I didnt believe people really had sex to get pregnant.
Even when I had sex ed and it was explained to me, I was still like..no he doesnt really put that there does he? Why would they want to do that?

 

[cm8]

I grew up in Louisiana and my mawmaw was in the Krewe of Diana for years, so we all were in Mardi Gras, went to parades, were in Balls, etc. We got the week off of school for Mardi Gras, lived on King Cake during the season...

Then, in 2nd grade, we moved to Georgia and I COULD NOT comprehend that there was NO Mardi Gras!!! It was the first time I ever realized that not every one lived the same way.... and not having sno-ball stands or crawfish boils was just SO foreign to me...

Also, when we moved to Georgia, I thought there was this great place... a restaurant, or something, called "Yonder" b/c *everybody* kept saying that they were going to "go down yonder."

I swear, it was like moving to foreign country.

And they all said *I* talked funny.

, girl, you are a trip. My one was thinking that I could never go to Bermuda or I was going to disappear into the triangle. And shortly after learning about that in school, my mom and dad took a trip to Bermuda and I was crying and being hysterical cause I didn't want them to disappear and leave me alone, till this day I still believe that triangle is dangerous.

 

[Tiana]

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[simba20]

When I was three we moved ot Georgia and my next door neighbors were a black family. They had a daughter the same age as me, and we became close friends.

Around the age of five, we were playing together one day and I aksed her why her skin was a darker color than mine. She thought, and then replied she didn't know. We asked our parents, but they were of no help, they simply answered "Because it is."

So then it dawned on me....one thing I loved doing was getting my parents a cup of coffee, which they always took with cream/milk. Of course when you add cream to coffee it lightens up which to me explained why I was white. So I boldly declared that my friend was black because her mom drank a lot of coffee (straight) when she was pregnant.

I used to work at Barnes and Noble and whenever I saw the book "Coffee Will Make You Black" by April Sinclair, I'd giggle and remember my five year old hypothesis.

 

[Wall-E1]

When I was very young, I used to think that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys.