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“I was wearing my Spiderman costume,” Tom, now five, remembers. I couldn't read past this. No... he doesn't remember that.
by simplexion 11y ago
“I was wearing my Spiderman costume,” Tom, now five, remembers.
I couldn't read past this. No... he doesn't remember that.
- Washuu 11y agoI remember being carried as a two year old up and down the long driveway at my parents' place so they could deposit poopy diapers in the trash bin.(Trash service was only available for a few years out there.) We all remember moments from our early lives that seem odd.
- simplexion 11y agoNo you don't.
- biot 11y agoMy earliest memory was when I was about 2 years old, so it's not surprising that this could be true. Yes, it could be the case that the mother's retelling of the story is now the basis for Tom's "memory", but why abandon the entire article over such a trivial point?
- h_ar 11y agoRemember what? If you mean memories when people were that young, trust me, you'd be surprised about human memory. I still remember my 3.5-year-old self trying to type some simple first grade calculations with MS Word 97 and print them. And I didn't knew English back then.
- simplexion 11y agoIf he was 3.5 years old I wouldn't have said it wasn't believable.
- wpietri 11y agoBold of you to say that, given that memories like this are not unusual. Children are much better at recalling early childhood memories than will be when older: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/04/08/299189442/the-forgotten-childhood-why-early-memories-fade http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/04/08/29918944... Memory is also reinforced by recollection and rehearsal. Since this was a pivotal thing in both his and his mom's life, it presumably has been talked about more than just this once.