Continuing Controversies About Children and Their Development Relevant to Parent-Child Interaction Theoretical Orientations What the Child Becomes Three Selected Variables The Child as Clay An Overview of the Unidirectional Approach The Child as Clay The Unidirectional Approach to Three Variables Through the Looking Glass An Overview of Bidirectional Approaches Through the Looking Glass Bidirectional Approaches to Three Variables The Family as a Spiral of Recursive Feedback Loops An Overview of the Systems Approach The Family as a Spiral of Recursive Feedback Loops A Systemic View of Three Variables Epilogue Conclusions, Concomitant Concerns, and Closing