What is something you believed as a kid that ended up being completely wrong? When I was a kid...

carpediem · 61-69, M

I believed the US government and media would never distribute pure propaganda. I thought only the USSR did that. Ooops

MayaHope · 41-45, F

That you get back what you put into the world

That there were a few good people in government who believed in preserving freedom and the US middle class.

That logic, common sense and self-preservation trumped leftist propaganda. That US citizens would fight for freedom and defend the US Constitution.

Casheyane · 31-35, F

That adults know what they're doing

BrewCityBarfly · M

My parents mentioned I could go into drafting. For some reason I thought it meant I would be selecting people to go into the military. I kept thinking "why would I want to draft people, and what does that have to do with art"?