does your memory go?

my first memory is when I was four and lied to my parents about something,,,and got spanked

I watch my daughter , who is five, how quickly she picked up english language and grammar just through observation and how her perceptions and 'facts' are all based in nothing but what I expose her to

how much of how we see ourselves and the world is set from an age so young that we cant even remember?

I dont remember why or how I developed my tendency to prefer doing 'right' and not harming others,,,but IM sure it is because I developed those things at an age that is earlier than my memories allow me to consider,,,,

,,,,anyway,...getting off topic of my own topic..lol


how far does YOUR memory go?

I would say four years old as well.
I recall pulling my red wagon around the yard with my bears in it.

The furthest memory goes back to when I was 3 yrs old. Preschool..being bad..standing in the corner..wearing that dunce hat- do they even still make kids wear those anymore????

Yes, I started young ~

awwwww,, what an awesome thing to remember,,,

that sucks, a dunce hat? where did you go to school? lol

I only ever saw those on television shows...

I don't remember the name of the school but I'm sure it was a 'special' school. Lol.
It was somewhere in Illinois, I think.

ah, yes,,,

Illinois has some interesting towns,,,,lol,, makes sense

before my mothers womb... i remember

impressive

mine goes all the way back to when i woke up yesterday

Mine goes back to when I was 3 1/2 when my sister was born.

Aged four, my parents put me in a private nursery school and I did a runner on day one because I did not want a sleep in the afternoon. I can only remember leaving and a little of the walk back home about a mile away, which was a shop so mother was there, she was seriously annoyed with me because of the obvious danger, but even more annoyed with the nursery for allowing it to happen. How ever I found my way home on my own is amazing. The good thing was this jail breaker was free never to return their, which was great until I started school at age five.

Not sure. Younger than 8 though. I remember arguing with my dad about which way was shorter going home from the store we lived by. I also remember his first lie to me, which was that he loved me. His second was that we would always be friends.

I remember the day my parents seperated, when they were together how they would argue and fight.

I remember seeing my dad choke my mother in the kitchen. I also remember him pushing the dog down the basment stairs and slamming her against the wall for barking and not liking the dog house he built.

I remember having a black dog named Tasha and liking a very beautiful girl with the same name and hugging her when I had a karate tournament my parents didnt attend.

Wow thos all sound like terrible memories but theyre not really.

Around 3 years old. First experience in the snow.....I cried....it was too cold!

Traumatic experience. Or maybe, the first thing I remember is the warmth of my parents taking care of me. Both were loving, they wanted me to experience the SNOW.

No John, don't say it!

But it's so funny

It's not appropriate. You will offend people

But dude, she set it up so perfect. How can I not?

Shhhhhh. I think somebody's listening.


Hey.

I actually have a memory of the dirt yard in California.
I remember playing in it with my brother.
This is quite unusual for someone my age to remember.
we lived there when I was 6 mths old to 18 months old.

Good you can find the humor...laughter is the best medicine.

Sweetie ..you still play in the dirt. Are you sure you are not confusing the two?

I remember getting stitches when I was 3. Gum in my hair when I was 4 and on that same trip my ice cream melting on the beach and crying.

u know that now we all want to get you some ice cream!!!