# At what age do we lose interest in our childhood photos and why

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 10, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-do-we-lose-interest-in-our-childhood-photos-and-why/930210 "2021-01-10T22:24:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-do-we-lose-interest-in-our-childhood-photos-and-why/930210/21 "2021-01-12T15:53:21Z")

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Just turned 60, and realized I and my 3 older sisters have been more and more interested in sharing old photos and memories of our youth. Just seems so far removed from today. Also, interesting comparing my childhood memories w/ my recollections of raising my kids, and now seeing their kids as children.

Curiously, despite the increased number of photos everyone is taking w/ their phones, I find less interest in dealing w/ them on a device than looking at photos in an album.

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**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-do-we-lose-interest-in-our-childhood-photos-and-why/930210/22 "2021-01-16T19:56:49Z")

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I too enjoy looking at my childhood photos and have some of them on my phone. I can’t imagine ever losing interest in them completely.

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