concerned the day that i found she put daddy to pedestrian andbed and she was getting in her computer time. i want to welcome the director of the bernard college center for toddler development and author of how toddlers thrive what parents can do from ages 2 to 5 to plant the seeds of lifelong success. you said that really our technology-based concerns when raising young children, but i really use technology in my parenting. we all do. it s a different era than we ve ever lived in. because there s so much technology, it distracts us all the time. young children need us. they don t need us interacting or hovering but they need that sense of are you there for me mommy, daddy? yeah, i m here for you. if you re cooking dinner and your up with-year-old 1-year-old calls or comes over you can easily give her a glance or a smile but when you re doing this and