The other night I was at a dinner in Washington to learn about the results from ongoing brain research at The Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-LABS to its friends) at the University of Washington. The I-LABS researchers were in town to present at the America’s Promise summit. It’s well known that the early years matter but some of the recent findings about specific brain activity in the very early stages of life are stunning. A major one is just how important human interaction is, that screens don’t do it, but adults holding and interacting with kids matters a lot.