12 Gift Ideas That Should Be on Every Parent's List

The first time I gave my daughter a gift she really loved, she squealed and lunged at it when it was only half unwrapped like a hawk snatching a pigeon off a branch. She loved this gift, a doll, with an intensity and delirium that was intoxicating. To make a child that happy is like a hit of uncut parental heroin.

The problem, as with any high, is that there’s a margin of diminishing returns.