Memory 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

Memory 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'.