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"WALL·E", who is going to see it?
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: RayB on July 10, 2008, 01:45:13 pm ---What's the point of a 2-year old going to the movies? A year from now it will all be forgotten. I laugh at people who drop a few grand to take kids in strollers to Disney World. Those memories all get wiped out by the time they are 5 or 6.
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Not entirely true. It all depends on the child. Some of my earliest memories pre-date preschool age. By the time I entered preschool, my memories are pretty well formed.
Other kids will forget everything. I can ask the seven year old about almost anything that happened to her before she turned five and I draw a blank from her. As far as I can tell, all of her good memories are forming from sometime around 5 1/2 or so. From sometime before 4 or so, it all seems to be imprinted memories. eg She can remember toys she played with, but nothing about where the toy came from or how it was obtained.
Different kids just start "storing" memories at different ages.
shardian:
I have a few memories that I know for sure are from when I was 3. Nothing from the 2's though.
shmokes:
She is still affected by, shaped by the things she does now, whether she eventually remembers them or not. When I took her to the zoo she started saying good night to the giraffes because she recognized them from one of her nightly bedtime stories, Goodnight Gorilla. I doubt any of you make decisions in your life solely on the basis of whether they will ultimately result in a good memory.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: shmokes on July 11, 2008, 10:38:05 am ---I doubt any of you make decisions in your life solely on the basis of whether they will ultimately result in a good memory.
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Sorry, I think I should clarify that. I didn't mean good as in happy or pleasurable memories. I mean good memories as in good solid memories where the child can recall more than a few details. IOWFE, saying good night to the giraffe or gorilla may become a well established tradition generating nice solid memories that she can recall with detail, but she may never be able to recall how that tradition started.
Another example would be, my mother tells me that I learned to ski the same time I learned to walk. I don't recall ever learning how to ski (in that way). As far as my memories go, I was already able to ski in any of my earliest recollections.
Mauzy:
I just saw it, and I was expecting WAY more preaching than I noticed. I liked the fact that, unlike most environmental movies Ive seen or read about, WALL-E showed that there was a glimmer of hope for the future...
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