I was 4 years old, sitting on the floor in the living room when they announced on the radio that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. I ran into the kitchen and told my mom that Hawaii had been bombed by the Japanese.
My training in world, state, and local affairs, including politics started at the breakfast and dinner table before I was 2. In those days everyone had to be at the table for meals or no one ate and if I didn't participate in the discussion of the days events I heard about it.
Todays world would be a lot better if that were the case today.