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We all have our own ideas about children. You brought some with you when you entered this class. Stop for a few minutes and think of a couple of sentences or phrases that capture what you believe to be true about how child development occurs. Do you believe that “if you spare the rod, you will spoil the child”? Or that “as the twig is bent, so grows the tree”? Do you think that children are like “little sponges”? Or that they grow in “leaps and bounds”? Each of these bits of folk wisdom touches on an issue that has been debated within the field of child development. Here we briefly review some of the reoccurring debates and controversies that have become themes in our field.