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7000 BCE
Children: Sacrifice
Children were slaughtered in magical rituals. -
451 BCE
Rome
The concept of Childhood started with education. Only boys who were "free" could go to the school. Meanwhile, the girls were educated to do house activities. -
324 BCE
Greece
Aristotle showed his interest in education. According to him, boys had to follow some duties in order to develop behaviors and a good formation as males. Also, they had to be prepared for war. -
Period: 1 CE to 300
Sacred
At these centuries, with the Christianism, the children were considered sacred because they were the product of something sacred: marriage. -
Period: 350 to 430
San Agustin
The children are born of sin and they are the representation of it -
374
Law
From this year, killing a child was considered a homicide. However, it was not and impediment for adults who continued damaging them. -
476
Middle Age
With the Church supremacy, children were educated to follow and serve God. Free thinking was not an option during this time.At this time killing a girl was not into account because they were considered in the lower social status -
700
V - X
Children were considered properties. The parents as the owners could negotiate and sale them. At this time mortality of children was very high and few of them were able to became adults. -
786
Asylum
Dateo of Milan founded the first asylum for abandoned infants -
1200
Punishment in Childhood
Childhood was considered a human state in which it was necessary to punish to go to the next and higher state: being an adult. The developing of children was not the product of love but punisment and obedience to parents. Unable to depict a child except as a man on a smaller scale. -
1500
Times before Industrial Revolution
Children were part of the industries.workforce because they and their families were in need. Despite they were young, industries considered that they were able to work in extended labors. -
Childhood: The worst state of a human being
Some people started to care about children and their education. However, Childhood were not related to an important period. According to Abbé Bérulle, "There is no worse state, more vile and abject, after death, than childhood" -
Héroard: About Punishment.
According to Héroard: Physical punishment is applied as many times as necessary because he can assure from his experience that nothing has done so much good in life. -
Chalkboard
Jhon Locke stated that the child is not good or bad in nature, he is just a chalkboard that learn from the events in his life. -
Rousseau: About Children
Rousseau in his book Emile express his conception of childhood, for him this was considered a crucial stage in life. He said that children are inherent good. -
Nursing
By this time, a figure appeared in children lives: nurse. Children used to be left with nurses who "were going to care about them". Instead of that, the caring was terrible. Sometimes, they were obligated to consume opium and liquor -
Freud
Since Freud the conception of childhood has changed and the importance of parent-child relations for social change. He remarked the importance of childhood in the developing and construction of an stable individual. -
Rights of the Child
On November 20, 1959, the UN approves the Rights of the Child . Rights like the equality without distinction as to race, religion or nationality, the right to have special protection, to a name and a nationality, to adequate food, shelter and medical care, to education, to the understanding and love of parents and society, the right to recreational activities were include. -
Philippe Ariès
Thanks to his book "The Child and Family Life in the Old Regime", is considered as the pioneer on the study of the history of childhood. He said that the attitude of adults about childhood is changing thorugh the years. It is necessaary to establish a link between the history of education and social history -
UNICEF
With UNICEF, children started to be considered as the future of our society. Some laws and benefits for them were created. Childhood is related to an important state in which is necessary to be guided by schools and parents. -
Nowadays
Currently, children have the same rights than adults. Also, they have other rights because they are growing. The childhood is truly important because is the time in which we learn and develop attitudes and behaviors. Children are the future of our society and they deserve love and protection.
