What's the dumbest thing that you believed as a child?

[OlderAndWiser]

When I was about three years old, my two older siblings had a birthday and my mother baked a cake for them. It was sitting on the edge of the table, next to the high chair in which I was seated. I was obviously not paying attention, leaned over, and placed my elbow in the middle of the cake. That made a bog crater in the middle of the cake.

My sister who was 9 or 10 years old, told me that the crater was actually a man hole, that men had been working in the man whole, and I had killed them when I put my elbow in the man hole. I actually believed her and started crying. That is probably my earliest childhood memory.

[SoWhAt249]

A superstition that our father passed on to us. If you see your reflection at night, you will have nightmares. Spent my childhood not looking in the mirror before going to bed, not looking in windows ar night. Like WTF? I eventually grew out of it and realised it's bullshit, but I can't believe he still believes crap like that. He is also afraid to cut his nails after dusk, go ourside of the house between midnight and dawn, afraid to get his path crossed by a black cat, afraid to talk about death. I'm atheist and he is religious so I can maybe understand where that is coming from.

[vvv_vvv]

The movie Wizard of Oz, if you're familiar, the beginning of the movie is shot in black and white until Dorothy lands in the merry ol land of Oz, then the movie turns to color. Well I thought this was because the world was black and white and halfway through filming the movie, the world turned into color. 😁

[Moonchild714]

Peter Cotton Tail the Easter Bunny came to all the childrens houses every year in one night just like Santa Clause to leave chocolate. At least Santa Clause was Human, but to believe that a Rabbit had a never-ending basket of Easter Eggs, chocolate, jelly beans... C'mon... 🙆

[NickiB]

I thought girls and boys both had vaginas.

I was very confused when a little boy ran to a tree and peed in front of me.

I was like what in the world is that thing?

[Sonorous]

I used hold one religions views higher than another without adequate proof of it's validity. But I was born into it so I don't blame myself.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

The Apartment on top was the where the Funeral Director and his wife lived
and the downstairs was the Funeral Home. I thought the Apartment upstairs
was where Jesus was at and was Heaven. I don't think my Sister felt the same
way but i did and that was so funny. All i can remember is seeing people come
down them steps and it made me wonder well was Jesus up there and is that
where Heaven and all the dead people went.

[Daniel3035]

Humans where made out of something harder than flesh. I got the idea from watching colossus in x men in the old cartoons. I thought he transforms into like what we are skinless and believed we were metal beings until I saw that tiger villian in hulk? Get cut and I saw red and was like what’s that my mum said blood and after that I realised after asking her are we made from blood? LOL tbf it wasn’t dumb more you learn whst you see even if it’s wrong.

[MannySimms]

100% about any organized religion. The trinity myth is a real hoot. Am I mocking? You betcha. Do I believe in a creator? You betcha!

[MysteryPerson70]

that the body of Christ would have to suffer through God's wrath (the time of Jacob's trouble) when we already made pure and clean, and white in the blood of the Lamb

[Mollynotgemma]

Nothing! Because childhood beliefs are the best beliefs in the world! You will always find out that they were wrong but look back with such fondness and wish for your youth again

[PunKin93]

That your eyes attract lightning, so not to watch thunderstorms. My mom told me this, and she actually believed it, her mom told her the same thing and I guess "forgot" to tell her it wasn't true.

[SkipStop]

White cows gave regular white milk. Dark cows gave chocolate milk.
But it makes so much sense though.
White cow = White milk
Dark cow = Chocolate milk
What's not to believe?

[SueAnon84]

That life was easy!

That life was FAIR!

I thought I had all the chances in the world to become successful just because I thought I had all the time in the world when I was young!

[BeMuse]

The only thing odd that comes to mind is that one year (in elementary school) I just wouldn’t eat eggs. I don’t really know why, but I refused to eat them that entire year.

[aa180]

That the way you have kids is by getting married and praying for a baby. And it was completely my own thought, not something that I was taught.

[Myster917]

True love, the world is a wonderful place, everybody is trustworthy and that humanity is not a fucked up thing.

[MiAmora]

Maybe it is dumb to believe that relatives are stars in the sky, but it always made me hope that my grandma will protect me

[lalaLiza]

There's a shoe brand called KangaRoos and I thought that if I wore them they would make me jump higher... lmao smh

[JoseJr]

Most only Mexicans will understand this. When my parents said they would hold my money for me (usually large sum of money)

[hydropump500]

Swallowing chewing gum would stop you from being able to poop, I remember I cried a lot that one day thinking I won't be able to 💩😂

[Saarr]

I thought that when it was war, everyone would go outside and fight with each other, like fistfights😂

[WinterAurelia]

All the unicorns died because I wouldn't eat the crust off my sandwiches

[Aiko_E_Lara]

I thought that the sun is inside Earth and be submerged underwater during sunset and the moon is a giant ball of ice from Antarctica.

[October808]

Eating carrots would give me pink eyes like a bunny rabbit. I sooo wanted to have pink eyes when I was small.

[JKingOff]

That the world was a wonderful place, and that I could do anything once I grew up. Don't lie to your kids!

[CuriousMufuxka]

If your hand was bigger than your face, you had cancer.. The original facepalm!

[NeoKing]

The idea that the reason why I have curly hair is because I never let my mother brush it when I was younger. I have an extremely opinionated older brother who would tell me dumb things like that when I was growing up.

[humanearth]

Step on a crack and break your mothers back.

I used to believe that one. Till one day I was so mad at her. I jumpped on a crack in the sidewalk. Nothing happened... Thats when I stopped believing in that one.

[CheyenneBae]

I thought that if you were born a girl, you’d turn into a boy, and visa versa. None of the women in my family are flat chested, so as a young prepubescent with no chest, I thought I was going to be a boy.

[BeHappy1985]

That god is real and that Jesus could walk on water, that Muhammad split the moon in two, Moses parted the sea, etc. etc.

[Saharahah]

when my friends and I played hide and seek in elementary i used to believe that when I couldn't see them, they wouldn't be able to see me either. Can't believe how dumb I was

[DannRadd]

Kids would always remain and kids and adults would always be adults.

[lumos]

That I could get a tan from lying under a regular lamp lmao

[Alice2398]

But fairys lived in mushrooms 🧚‍♂️🍄 my my grandad and grandma would tell me this when walking In the wood with them so I wouldn't touch them and would let the fairys sleep

[truthbeknown]

If you swallowed a seed, it would grow into a plant inside you. LOL!

[Dchrls78104]

That politicians actually told the truth or cared about people.

[pizzalovershouse]

that a, lady where i lived was a witch cuz of the makeup she wore made her look like1from movies

[Exorcist_Rampage]

That the food that cats and dogs eat can be eaten my humans and do the same job for the body.

[grega239]

That marriage is the thing that gets a woman pregnant...

[SexyLacie]

The dumbest thing I believed as a child is that if you cross a black cat's path then you'll have bad luck.

[Liam_Hayden]

That people who died in movies were really dead and that their families were paid a lot of money to permit it.

[Mrblooo]

That I could actually fly. n I even tried jumped off my roof broke my foot

[amanuelerpower]

Charging battery over 100% Increased the size of the battery capabilities.

[outthere]

That we are all equal and that i could be anything i want to be. That education meant something.

[JesseJayNeak]

That to get a girl pregnant, you should just kiss her

[ZeussLightningBolt]

That going to church and praying to God will actually make my life better.

[Jerre]

That my penis would fall of if I got it near a girl. That fell apart when I was 13 and 15 year old neighbor girl jacked me off. The next week she fucked me. I still have it so guess it was not true.

[Anonymous]

That tomatoes came from ketchup, instead of the other way around

[blondfrog]

I planted skittles in my backyard thinking they would grow.

[GhettoGirl]

Santa claus
Easter bunny
Tooth fairy

[Secret6620]

That airplanes were spaceships 😆

[HeavenSentInstrument]

That things would get better when I got older!

[buttcrackjoe]

That I had a future worth a damn

[Gedaria]

Santa Claus, biggest lie I can think of...

[CoffeeWC]

I was a pretty smart kid and i didn't believe much

[NovissimumVirorum]

Life was worth living

[Anonymous]

That Voldermort was on the other side of my bed 😂

[Jmmmfi4]

That it would be fun to be an adult

[Anonymous]

I thought the babies come out of the asses

[ByngBeano]

That girls dont like sex

[Drumlin2001]

Santa Clause

[ElaMoon]

My patients found me on a street!😅😅

[Bananaman177]

True love.

[cheesyballs_]

Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy.