I believe the parent is referring to episodic memory [1]. Of course we are forming "memories" as we are making sense of the world since day 1 (and this includes

I believe the parent is referring to episodic memory [1]. Of course we are forming "memories" as we are making sense of the world since day 1 (and this includes learning about our bodies). The concept we usually refer to when speaking about "memories" is that of episodic memories which have a lot of context associated with them. These types of "memories" are formed and retained reliably mostly after children reach school age [2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodic_memory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodic_memory [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_development#Episodic_Memory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_development#Episodic_Mem...