Childhood in history

Introduction

1 CE

From our perspective, childhood has been one of the most beautiful stages and full of beautiful experiences, however, if we place ourselves in history we see a significant contrast of this perspective, since, here childhood meant suffering, contempt and mistreatment. Below this timeline covers the most important facts about childhood in time.

IV Century (d. D) Infanticide

400

For Greece and Rome, infanticide during this period was a complete act of normality that the laws supported. Parents who committed these acts killed their children either out of anxiety or other cause, causing the children who lived to witness such an event and to be horrified by it to the point of creating considerable trauma in them.

IV-XIII Century (AD) Child abandonment

1300

After the process of torture that the children suffered in previous years, their representatives or parents began to realize that they were suffering from these acts.

XIV-XVII Century Ambivalence

1700

During this period parents adopted punishments and imposed numerous rules and instructions to correct and shape the child's behavior according to their ordinances.

XVIII Intrusion

1800

In this period there was a notable reduction in serious child abuse, although the punishment and rules were still being implemented but it was more enjoyable.

XIX-XX Century Socialization

1900

During this period, strict regulations were no longer practiced so much in shaping the child's behavior, but rather the child was taught and educated through a process of socialization with the child.

Century XX Century Help

2000

In this period the child is seen with much more respect, not as someone who needs to be punished or tortured. The participation of the parents is evident and the stages of the child's development are respected in a correct way.