The Hartford Courant – SARAH CODY
“What’s in the shopping bag for your small child this holiday season? A blinking gadget? “So many parents want to buy the big fancy thing, the high tech thing. Then, you open the present and the child goes right from the cool present to the box and the bubble wrap,” says Myra Jones-Taylor of the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood…”You want to get a few books and some things that will help with their gross motor skills, some balls, jump ropes,” suggests this mom of two who prefers classic toys.”(more)