This is a cute site – it’s all about childhood beliefs. Here are a couple of my favorites:
I was travelling with my Dad in the car one day when I saw him throw an apple core out the window. Thinking this was cool I threw my packet of chips out the window as well. Dad then yelled at me about how it was bad to litter, so when I told him I saw him do it, he simply said “it’s different, it’s biodegradeable”. For years afterwards when my sister and I weren’t allowed to stay up and watch TV with Mum and Dad I would tell her “It’s biodegradeable” as I thought that meant something adults were allowed to do but not kids.
When I was about 4 or 5, I had (and for some reason loved) a children’s book about Louis Pasteur, which had illustrations of rabid dogs with white foam all around their mouths. One day, a family friend served me some blueberry pancakes with blueberries for eyes and a whipped cream smile, and I FLIPPED OUT. I cried softly at the table and when everyone asked me what was wrong, I told them that I couldn’t eat my pancakes because they had rabies.
I also had that Louis Pasteur book. Do you have any good childhood beliefs to share?
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July 3, 2008 at 12:05 pm
territerri
I was in my twenties before I thought to question what my mom had always told me. “You should always eat the crust of your bread, not just the soft part because the crust is where ALL the bread’s nutrients are.”
Seriously. One day I just stopped and thought, “Wait a minute….”
P.S. Thanks for sending Patrick in my direction! I was so excited to see that his and his dad’s story was such a success!