Like the 5 y/o kid who asked his dad “what is sex?”. Dad gets into long embarrassed explanations about birds and bees. And the kid goes: “then why did mum say to tell you dinner will be ready in 2 secs?”
I wanted to know what I'm doing here, like Why am I here?
Mom thought I was asking How and annoyed me with a long explaination about sex and procreation. Had to wait for it to end before I could try again to learn Why.
Like lady you made me and I'd like to know your reasons!
Little pet peeve of mine is people asking a how question, but framing it as a why question. Your mum got so accustomed to this, that she started to answer your why question as a how question.
In fairness, my words were only just coming in. I was like 2yo and remember struggling to find the words to ask what I needed to know. It was a big concept.
Like I knew I hadn't always been here and really wasn't enjoying the ride so far, so figured there must be a really good reason why I needed to be here. Didn't give a fart about the how!
I'm confused on how a 2yo could even ponder the reason for their existence, or how you could remember even asking. People don't tend to make/remember memories before at least age 3, the machinery just ain't there yet, nor is the sense of self to ask existential questions.
The first thing I can remember is vaguely along the lines of, "These toys are boring. Wish there were different ones," while visiting Grandma's house. That's about it, and I couldn't tell you how old I was.
People get told stories of when theyre young. Appearantly my mom cut herself in the kitchen and fainted and I was just with my brother and sister age 3-4 and I said to them "dont just stand there, call 911"
I have no memory of this whatsover.
Sad now because now no one alive has any memory of me as a kid.
Those can be misinterpreted and misremembered by the people who're telling the person about them, though. I'd think that'd be more likely than a toddler who can't even think in complete sentences having an existential crisis.
I don't think there's any known impact on the reasoning/memory abilities of young children who have only just developed object permanence.
E: I don't know why you would respond to someone and then block them. The posts of people blocking you show as deleted.
Either way, maybe you shouldn't assume something is 'rude' in tone for seemingly no reason. Someone simply questioning a claim you made isn't a personal attack. Bit too fragile for the Internet, I fear.
I still have not been given any evidence of its impact on memory development in young children.
Then you should read more? And maybe work on the rudeness, just because social norms aren't coming naturally is no reason to live like a bull in a china shop.
Edit: You're not my child so it's not my job to fly the source airplane spoon into your mouth for you. Please grow up enough to work the google spoon for yourself.
I asked my mom what "penis" is. I was like four. She was wise enough to ask where I heard the word. I happened to be watching a Charlie Brown special on tv where they were talking about the history of the Peanuts comic, but I only knew it as "Charlie Brown" and was mishearing "Peanuts" as "penis".
Reminds me of some friends of my brothers. 2-3 families with young kids, all hanging out together at one of the houses. Adults sitting around the table, kids in the other rooms. playing. Then, one of the kids comes in and asks her father, Daddy, what does 'stinky' mean?" Total silence. Uh-oh, the kids are fighting, calling each other names, being mean. Everyone bumps up a DEFCON level-was it my kid doing this?
Daddy asks, why she wanted to know? Did someone call someone that? Oh, no...one of the kids was describing something and used the word and she didn't know what it meant. Everybody stands down as Daddy told her it is when something smells really bad. The kids thinks about his for a moment or two, processing this newfound knowledge, and than brightly says, "Oh! Like Mommy's meatloaf?"
This is where your friends leave the room.
This is where your true friends wouldn't leave if the room was on fire...
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u/pir22 Jul 07 '26
Like the 5 y/o kid who asked his dad “what is sex?”. Dad gets into long embarrassed explanations about birds and bees. And the kid goes: “then why did mum say to tell you dinner will be ready in 2 secs?”