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Their wordsToddler parenthood is a reality distortion zone that makes it hard to remember that most people find your toddler breathtakingly uninteresting.
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Young children learn a new language through immersion far more effectively than adults do.
Their wordsIf I took my daughter to China for a year, and we just lived there with no language instruction, I'd come back knowing approximately six Mandarin words and she'd be fluent.
Their wordsToddler parents can take solace in the fact that parenting probably matters less than we think it does.