Any of you have a videotape of yourself interacting with a large group of your peers at a young age? Since watching a group of five-year old classmates being entertained by a magician at a birthday party, I've been wondering how the behavior of five-year old Pat would have compared to the children I observed closely that day. Would I have been ...
* Holding tightly to my mother's leg, never joining the other kids on the blanket?
* Sitting in the middle of the group most of the hour, close enough to interact with either the other kids or the magician?
* Standing so close to the magician for most of her performance that she had to maneuver around me at times?
* Spending some time up front, some in the middle, some in the back, seated at some times, standing at others, running around joyfully at still others?
Putting aside common variables that have might have had an impact on some of the children as I observed them - their mood that day, the magician's vibe, how close by parents stood - isn't it still reasonable to say I was watching an early version of each of these little people? And if that is so, how cool would it be to have a videotape of a similar moment from your early life? Or why not invent the videotape? What is that early version of you doing?
Hello Pat. I love this post. And although we do not have videos of when we were younger - at least none that we are aware of - my sister, my older brother and I recently got together and spent an absolutely wonderful afternoon looking at old pictures that were, at one time, in the possession of my parents and both sets of grandparents. Needless to say we got so lost in what we were able to remember and also (sadly) a little lost in trying to recall who some of the older friends and relatives were. But, and in response to your post, we did notice similarities in likenesses to each other and to our own kids and, for my sister and me, our grandchildren. The way one would smile, the eye color (although most of the older pictures were in black and white), the way someone stood or even sat in a chair. Maybe these traits do carry forward. and we had, at least from our viewpoint, the evidence in front of us.
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Bob
Hey Bob; Thanks again for multiple comments made in one day. I'm glad this post spoke to you. And I appreciate the story about you & your siblings looking at stills; I've done the same with mine. But man how I wish I had videos. I'd love to see which temperament of a five-year old Pat (like those kids at the birthday party) would be on display.
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