When I decided to accept a job working with Simmons Early Intervention Therapy, I really had no idea how important early childhood development was. I thought I knew; but I did not. I had listened to experts talk about the importance of quality preschool, early literacy, and positive adults in a child’s life. I had even taken the “proper” steps in raising my own children. But many of us do not truly understand how important the first 5 years of a person’s life are. I came