[Moonman62]

"Most kids this age are not aware of what death actually is," he told the Yamhill Valley News-Register. "Not until they get to be 8, 9 and 10 do they understand death is final and you don't come back."

I was aware of it as early as two. I also knew right from wrong at an early age. Anyone else?

[JouleZ]

"Most kids this age are not aware of what death actually is," he told the Yamhill Valley News-Register. "Not until they get to be 8, 9 and 10 do they understand death is final and you don't come back." "I was aware of it as early as two. I also knew right from wrong at an early age. Anyone else?" _______________________________________________ Count me in. I recall vividly being at the funeral of my great grandmother, a small church, freezing cold and seeing her dead body lying there which scared me and I started crying and throwing a fit. My mom told me to be quiet or "you will end up like that, too". I ran out of the church and sat freezing alone in the car. I was about 3 or so.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I was a precocious reader and learned at age 5 that the stars were only going to last so many billions of years. This unlikely epiphany put me in mind to my own inevitable mortality. My mother, a non religious person, mocked it.