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When Parent and Child Have Incompatible Memories of the Same Conversation

My teenage son insists I promised him something I know I never said and we're both completely certain we're right.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The intersection of wishful thinking, selective attention, and emotional need can create equally convincing but contradictory versions of events.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Memory — how it works and fails?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.