When I took over as Editor of Infant and Child Development in 2020, I sought, among other things, to establish the journal as a welcoming outlet for opinions, perspectives and commentaries, as there are few outlets for such work in developmental science. I also wanted to be sure that those opinions, perspectives and commentaries were not just coming from the ‘usual suspects’, those who already held considerable status and access to power in the field.

My original intention was that the special issue would be published as the first issue of the year. As many people have noted, the 2021–2022 academic year was particularly challenging as many institutions began to ‘return to normal’ amidst the pandemic. At Infant and Child Development we seek to promote a healthy research and work culture, and thus we were quite flexible with deadlines. The result: the special issue is published as the last issue of the year rather than the first. Nevertheless, it is once again a fantastic collection of articles. Please take the time to read them.

A final note: there were three additional articles that were meant to be published as part of this special issue, but due to a production error were published in the previous issue. These papers, by Fong et al. (2023), Hendry and Scerif (2023) and Veldkamp and Kemner (2023), are just as good as all of the others, and are part of this special issue, at heart.

当我于 2020 年接任《婴儿和儿童发展》杂志的编辑时，我的目标之一就是将该期刊打造成一个欢迎意见、观点和评论的渠道，因为发展科学领域很少有此类工作的渠道。我还想确保这些意见、观点和评论不仅仅来自“通常的嫌疑人”，即那些在该领域已经拥有相当地位和权力的人。

我的初衷是把特刊作为今年的第一期出版。正如许多人指出的那样，2021-2022 学年尤其具有挑战性，因为许多机构在疫情期间开始“恢复正常”。在婴儿和儿童发展部门，我们致力于促进健康的研究和工作文化，因此我们对截止日期非常灵活。结果：特刊作为今年的最后一期而不是第一期出版。尽管如此，这又是一本精彩的文章集。请花时间阅读它们。

最后一点：还有三篇文章本应作为本期特刊的一部分发表，但由于制作错误而在上一期中发表。这些论文由 Fong 等人撰写。 (2023)、Hendry 和 Scerif (2023) 以及 Veldkamp 和 Kemner (2023) 与其他所有文章一样好，并且本质上是本期特刊的一部分。