The latest YouTube sensation is this 2-year-old’s unhesitating gleeful dive into the world of the Apple iPad: You know, I’d like to get all stiff-backed and righteous about this (shouldn’t that kid be playing outside?), but I just can’t. I think it’s wonderful. I first messed with a computer at age 5 or 6, when …
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It’s a Hit! It’s a Hit! It’s a Palpable Hit!
[Note: Ten extra dork points to anyone who recognizes that headline without Googling it.] When I am holding my son, he paws at my face, often snagging my eyeglasses (rimless wire frames; they’re doomed) but generally going for the mouth. For a long time, it was clear what he was doing: He and I often …
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Our Little Dadaist
Months ago, he started saying “Dada,” and I thought very little of it beyond “awww.” It was a pair of easy-to-vocalize syllables, one that certainly didn’t mean “Daddy.” A (female) relative suggested that dads have adopted the term because their children could say it so early, and I agree with her. If a typical first …
A Reminder: Babies Count as People
We sent in our United States Census forms this week, like most of you. (And if you haven’t, get on it, mister.) I take a geeky pleasure in this decennial bit of Americana: There’s something pleasing about a government action that remains so pure–counting–and a process that goes back to 1790, without a single break …