For children, childhood is timeless. It is always the present. Everything is in the present tense. Of course, they have memories. Of course, time shifts a little for them and Christmas comes round in the end. But they don’t feel it. Today is what they feel, and when they say ‘When I grow up, ’ there is always an edge of disbelief–how could they ever be other than what they are?Ian Mcewan
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Children are the only generation to be born without living memories from their parents. They have no idea how long they have been alive. For them, time is a straight line of the present. Their lives are all one day at a time, and they live in the moment as if it will never end.
Source: The Child In Time
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