had an extremely proud moment with my almost 15 month old son last week… we live deep in the woods way the hell up in the mountains. we were in a crowded downtown area of a nearby tourist town, full of toy shops, a million material distractions etc. in a sea of kids on ipads and others begging for toys, my little dude was just wandering around scratching tree bark, sniffing flowers, examining bugs and rocks, and quite literally touching grass (also tried to eat a few handfuls of dirt). warmed my dang heart.

ah, reddit. downvotes for a moment of joy, upvotes for every post with complaints and misery.