Aphra Upton, aged nearly two, rubs gingerbread-sticky hands over her father’s face and tries to clamber up his shirtfront. She is eloquently underscoring the point Eben Upton has just been making: designing something sturdy enough for kids is difficult and if you can get that right, it will pretty much work anywhere else.
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