Let’s say “young” is elementary-school age and younger.

Our own memories of early years remind us that what stands out is not necessarily predictable. Kids may fasten on things that are trivial or irrelevant to adults; and their later memories may not jibe at all with what grownups were experiencing at the time.

Still, take a guess: what impressions of this strange interlude do you think will remain vivid in your children’s memories when they have become grandparents?

Topics: children, memory, experience, pandemic, COVID-19