Memory and reading

Is it because Skylar can't fully read yet that his memory of the words of a story, as I had read it to him, is so accurate?

Alberta Views | Fatherhood

An article I read in the paper magazine delivered to our house a few months after my son was born.  More than four years later, the last paragraph still makes me want to cry:

https://albertaviews.ab.ca/2010/11/22/fatherhoodnov10/

What to expect when having a baby

Without help from family and/or friends, all your faults will be exposed and the problems they cause will be hyper-emphasized.  It's either a time to fix those faults or stumble through and rely on others,
until your child is older.