To be sad that my teens don't remember being toddlers?

[Glastonbury2020]

They are now 16 and 18. They don't remember the endless boring mums and tots groups, the soft play centres, the hours in the park on the swings, the 6am Postman Pat jigsaws, the play doh, the stories at bedtime, the educational songs at the library! Nothing!
They remember stupid things like a jam sandwich at nursery and punching their siblings in the paddling pool.
So much for making memories!
Was it all worth it?

[Angelina82]

Haha this made me laugh. My youngest is 18 and eldest 27 and they remember very little about the activities I took them to but they all remember the song I made up for when they were brushing their their teeth

[TimetohittheroadJack]

My theory is that children remember things that are out of the ordinary.

I used to take mine to the cinema kids clubs most weekends in winter (mainly as it was £1.50, got us out the house and we’d go to the park afterwards so it kinda filled most of the day). They say things like remember dad (exh) took us to the cinema once.

Or the time i drove to Cornwall, spent 14 days doing loads of activities (in hindsight far too much). They remember a seagull stealing my sons ice cream and that we got stuck in traffic and it took us ~12 hrs to get home.

Or the fancy pants all inclusive hotel with kids clubs, water slides, loads of beach stuff, that it know as the holiday my daughter was sick (maybe 2 days out of 14).

If we are ever talking about it, or looking at photos (they are 18&20 now) I will comment things like, yeah but we were always doing stuff with you and having fun, that’s why the things that stick out are the times that weren’t fun.