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>Nobody even remembers being 0-6 years old. Maybe you don't have conscious memory of much of that time, but it absolutely shapes the person you will become. I
by wing-_-nuts 5y ago
>Nobody even remembers being 0-6 years old.
Maybe you don't have conscious memory of much of that time, but it absolutely shapes the person you will become. If you haven't, please check out the following books:
The Body Keeps Score
Behave
What Happened to You
Having said that, your psychological stability matters SO MUCH MORE than your financial stability. A parent who is kind, patient, caring, and struggling financially is going to have a much better outcome than a cold, distant parent that cannot control their anger, but can otherwise afford to provide their toddler's every whim.
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoI agree in principle. But some claims stretch the truth. E.g. 'suppressed memories' from early childhood are often false?
- wing-_-nuts 5y agoMemory isn't reliable for any of us, but this is especially true with childhood. I certainly would not have a 4 year old testify in a trial. My point was that events absolutely do emotionally imprint from basically birth onward. There was a very unethical but interesting experiment that a pair of psychologists did on their toddler. They showed him a pet rabbit and made a loud noise to startle him. As an adult, the man was terrified of rabbits but had no idea why. Children exposed to violent parents as a child go on to have a host of issues even if they're removed from that environment. It's flat out wrong to suggest that parents get a pass from birth to 6 because 'children don't remember'.