I want to add to Jennie's post in a different light. Kids should not be exposed to gameboy, video games, a lot of un-supervised tv etc. I have been doing reading that discusses the fact that children who are raised without these contrations in their early lives and who are taught to observe the world around them are more intelligent and can self-regulate more. Translation. For us it means taking our new one out on the fort in the early morning and watching the birds and the meadows below us for deer and turkey. It means stopping when she mentions the stars and watching them with her. it means discussing all of the colors in sunsets. Listening to the coyotes kiyi in the distance and the owls talking back and forth. She is learning a wonder of the universe that is real and not make believe.

In other words, SLOW DOWN