Babies start to understand language at eight or nine months—maybe earlier, who knows? One day, someone catches a babbled syllable, recognizes it as a word. The doors of the world open a little wider. When we begin to acquire words, they are rare and magical to us. There can be understanding in a glance, meaning […]
When the words Waiting for the host to start this meeting appear on the TV screen, I call, “I figured out how to AirPlay the iPad to the Roku” to the kitchen, where Matt is washing the breakfast dishes. “It’s starting in two minutes!” It is a Saturday morning in January, and we are attending, […]
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