Misconceptions

I love the way kids think. The crazy things they connect, how they think things work, etc. Lately I’ve been reminded of some of the misconceptions I had growing up. Here are just a few of them.

1. I loved the Wizard of Oz. My sis and I watched it a lot growing up. At one point in time (when we were still young) our mom told us the actress that played her died because she had no friends. For years I seriously thought if I didn’t have friends I would die.

2. My sis and I thought that as we got older, our parents got younger. Meaning when we were grown up, our mom and dad would be kids. So when we got mad at our mom we would always say things like “When we grow up and you’re our kid, we’ll….”

3. You know when a TV is on in room down the hall so you see light flickering out from the room? Whenever I saw this mysterious light coming from my parents’ room I thought aliens were in there talking to them.

4. We used to have a clock that chimed on the hour. I love it. One of those noises from childhood that’ll always stick with me. Around preschool-ish I vividly remember thinking there were little people that looked just like my family inside the clock playing instruments.

5. Talk about egocentrism. A lot of young kids think their teachers are just…teachers. There for them. In the beginning of first grade I remember thinking my kindergarten and first grade teacher were best friends. I thought this because I thought all they ever did was talk about me to help me learn.

6. Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but we watched the making of Thriller over and over…and over. I thought that Michael Jackson would stay the same age and when I caught up with him we would get married and live happily ever after. I remember wanting to be the girl (Janet) in the Thriller video with him. That’s scary. At least he was close to normal and very talented back then.

7. We used to go camping with the whole family. On this particular trip our dad was letting us “shoot” one of his guns into the air (over the lake). My sis and I had been to a couple Sunday school classes prior to this and were very concerned the bullets would go through the clouds and hit Jesus in the butt. I don’t remember this one, but our mom reminded us later on.

What were some misconceptions you had as a kid? I love hearing these things so please share!