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Most people's earliest memories are at around 3 or 4 years of age, which correlates with the age kids start asking "why" for everything. Kids start asking why when they become self-aware. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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My earliest clear memory is that of my 4th birthday, from the moment I woke up to a couple of hours later. I remember my mom telling me to get dressed up so we can go to the daycare and after to school, which I started to do and then thought "what's school? what's daycare?" (these I asked) "why are you my mom?" (this one I didn't for some reason). After being fully dressed, we got into the car and drove to the daycare, I was guided to a room that's next to the kitchen and told to wait. A couple of minutes later, I notice a light coming from the hallway connecting to the kitchen ("what's that? why is it coming closer?"), then the nanny, her husband and my mom come out with a cake. I then immediately asked why there was a cake, I was told it's my birthday, and then I asked what's a birthday.

So yeah I think kids ask a lot of questions the moment or around when they start to be self-aware.

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I remember sitting in diapers on the bottom step up a staircase in my mother's friend's house. My twin is on the floor, covered with puppies. I hear a sound at the top of the stairs. I turn and look up and see someone in the upstairs darkness. It stands for a moment before going back into the darkness. A door is shut.

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