What is your earliest memory as a child?
89890
Laying in the crib with my twin sister.  I was probably 2 years old but limited or no vocabulary.  I remember waking up - I may have had a nightmare - seeing her laying there next to me and having a great sense of contentedness.\n\nAlso when I was two, I remember getting stung by a bee and having my mom care for me.  She placed me in front of the television to watch Jetsons and waited on me with some tasty snacks.  I remember liking having her baby me.
312305
All I remember about kindergarten (in the late 60s) was taking a nap, dipping our bubble gum in sour powder out of those pixie sticks and standing on the porch singing songs with all my friends there like we were something special!  I don't remember learning much of anything tho I'm sure we did!  Good luck on the esssay!
190430
ask you parents or grandparents. anybody that grew up in the 1960s and is old enough to remember but not old enough to forget.
680498
Thats a very interesting question, and has been addressed at least to some point-It's clear, though we don't conciously remember events, that we do learn a great deal during this time, thus we "remember' a huge amount- the process of walking, controlling your limbs, facial expressions, on and on and on, are all learned and remembered event from infanthood- What we don't seem to remember are events per se- It appears as if that portion of our learning is developmentally controlled, such that the limbic system filters much of the detail out in infancy- only later, when high-level socialization occurs, does the limbic system start to recognize details and allow them to reach long-term memory. Essentially, the brain and learning are very very tightly developmentally controlled, so that certain things are learned at certain times- biologically, the brain is wired such that the most critical learning, such as how to control the body, how to interact in the most general way with people, etc, are learned first, and everything else is weeded out.  It's probably critical that this occurs, else we would remember being a baby at the expense of not learning how to walk until we were in Junior high!\nJust to address some things that were said before-we have an excellent memory as infants, and learn extremely quickly, but it is wired in a different way- There is also no evidence that events are stored at all, and thus no evidence that any of the infant memories can be "recovered" because they were not laid down to begin with.
499071
When my kids were born.  That's more than one but they were equally happy moments.
822511
yeah... when i was a kid.
827200
Death of eledr brother 29/7/1979\nDeath of my father -30/01/1995\nMy marriage- 21/11/1996\nBirth of my son 01/10/1997\n\nMost memorable memory is --Death of my elder sister at 11:40 PM and Birth of my daughter at 11:48 PM the same day on 06/01/2001
307540
When I was really little, do doubt about it: Rubber ducky.\nWhen I got a little older: Toy boats.\nA little bit older and then it was share the tub with a very "good friend."\nNow I just like to listen to music and soak in the warm water.
574752
Oh...I guess I was about 16 when I knew it all!! What I have learned since....I really didn't have a clue when I was 16. I am also seeing that the older my children get the "dumber" I appear to be! (Oh, the beautiful circle of life)
1123843
yes, when i was about 2.
653174
If I have it made such an impression I forgot about it.  But then, that would have been when dinosaurs roamed the earth...\nHowever, I do remember my kids walking in on THEIR parents accidentally.  But not since we put a lock on the door and didn't give them the key...
589712
I was about 1-1/2 or 2...I am standing in my crib in the corner of my parents' room, holding on to the railing and bouncing up and down.\nI verified the age with my parents.  It is one of the most vivid memories I have as a child.
533204
no..jus that at age 4 ur brain starts workin more and u remember more stuff becuz ur brain is maturing a lil.
848491
3. i remember it was my fourth b-day and my dads next door neighbors were these boys i think they were about 14 and 15. i thought they were both cute but this one in particular. i don't remember their names or anything but i remember they would come around every once in a while. i remember blowing out the candles and they were watching me, i felt all embarrassed. how young, 4. I'm all smiles right now, thanks for the memory.
395029
Memories that call up emotions, sensations, or other memories.\n\nFor instance, recalling your 7th grade Science Fair may bring back that godforsaken "Wheels Of the Bus" song because you had to listen to it for 4 hours on the way to the Fair.  It could also "bring back" the smell of watermelon gum, because someone put it in your seat and you sat in it on accident and had it stuck on you for the rest of the day.
49091
When I was around 2 I remember laying in my crib and someones dog got in the house. I was just laying there watching it. This was in a small village my family spent the summer in. They stopped going when I was 3 but I have a lot of memories of it like picking wild berries and mushrooms, dad taking me down the river in a boat, and grabbing a handfull of stinging neetle (I think thats what its called) lol. \n\nSpeaking of food memories. same place for me. I used to eat berries as i picked them. My grandmother made string "necklaces" of wild mushrooms and dry them in an earth cellar. I loved the smell there. To this day mushrooms are one of my favorite foods.
554970
My first Memory or Our New House\n\nIt's a chilly autumn day. I am running up the step into our new house. I am 4. So excited I drop my blanket! (my aunt still marvels at that) I remember slanted sunlight with dust floating in the sunshine, against the yellow wood floors. It's our own house.\n\nThat's all I remember. I lived there for 18 years.