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Nurtured by Love or Matured by Nature? by: Susan du Plessis “There is nothing new under the sun,” states Ecclesiastes 1:9. This is certainly true of the nature-nurture debate, the modern name for the ageless argument about the importance of learning in the development of the child. While one side argues that the development of the child is mainly a process of maturation, with learning playing no more than a supportive role, the other side maintains that learning determines the entire course of a child’s future. The wise king Solomon certainly supported the nurture assumption when he stated in Proverbs 22:'6
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