You remember last year, when you were only four years old. Not like this year, when you’re four years old. And just wait until next year, when you’ll be four years old.
Childhood amnesia, also called infantile amnesia, is the inability of adults to retrieve episodic memories (memories of situations or events) before the age of two to four years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia
Infantile amnesia, the inability of adults to recollect early episodic memories, is associated with the rapid forgetting that occurs in childhood. It has been suggested that infantile amnesia is due to the underdevelopment of the infant brain, which would preclude memory consolidation.
I love the beach, too. It used to be a 10-minute walk from my house in Daytona, now it’s a 20-min drive from my house in Mass. Still make sure to get there a few times a month.
Memory is a funny thing, especially at that age. Sometimes the last thing you think will stick is actually the first thing you remember. I don’t remember much about our trip to Michigan, but I do remember the airline “headphones,” which used to be something very similar to a stethoscope. I played with those things for weeks afterwards.
mabrndt Premium Member over 1 year ago
A little over 10 years ago, Richard posted another CdS related blog entry:
http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2012/08/two-ancient-cul-de-sacs.html
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
what’s not to like about the beach when it comes to a shell-filled lamp?
gbars70 over 1 year ago
A three year old’s recollection of a fascinating lamp brings back the fun beach memories better than Mom…
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 1 year ago
You never know what small detail will capture a little kid’s attention.
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
“A lamp unto my beach.”
M2MM over 1 year ago
Funny what small children will remember. :)
well-i-never over 1 year ago
“Misty water-colored MEMories…”
Kaputnik over 1 year ago
You remember last year, when you were only four years old. Not like this year, when you’re four years old. And just wait until next year, when you’ll be four years old.
Ah, the passage of comic strip time.
Ed The Red Premium Member over 1 year ago
Childhood amnesia, also called infantile amnesia, is the inability of adults to retrieve episodic memories (memories of situations or events) before the age of two to four years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia
Infantile amnesia, the inability of adults to recollect early episodic memories, is associated with the rapid forgetting that occurs in childhood. It has been suggested that infantile amnesia is due to the underdevelopment of the infant brain, which would preclude memory consolidation.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473198/
John Leonard Premium Member over 1 year ago
I love the beach, too. It used to be a 10-minute walk from my house in Daytona, now it’s a 20-min drive from my house in Mass. Still make sure to get there a few times a month.
Amra Leo over 1 year ago
“Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is…”
stamps over 1 year ago
We went to Stone Harbor, NJ every year when I was a kid. The thing I remember about it was all the cigarette butts in the sand.
6turtle9 over 1 year ago
Memory is a funny thing, especially at that age. Sometimes the last thing you think will stick is actually the first thing you remember. I don’t remember much about our trip to Michigan, but I do remember the airline “headphones,” which used to be something very similar to a stethoscope. I played with those things for weeks afterwards.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Such is the memory of a four-year old for what she did as a three-year old. Go for it, Alice! You’ll love the…uhh…beach. Yeah. The beach….