> Don't rush things. Your young child doesn't need that new gadget or that new app or that new programming language. Just want to put an emphasis on this. If I

> Don't rush things. Your young child doesn't need that new gadget or that new app or that new programming language. Just want to put an emphasis on this. If I were to start over this is the thing I’d keep in mind. I would try to have more patience, letting it take a few more years to progress through levels (books, movies, games, activities). Not because later stuff is necessarily to advanced or age inappropriate, but because everything you choose to spend time with necessarily means thing you choose not to spend time with. Be where you are, and enjoy the present, the future will come. And also, on gadgets, the science on child development and screen time has advanced the last decade. I think the current take is to try to avoid screens entirely the first two years.