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Antiguedad Century IV d.C Infanticide
A child who did not meet the established standards for life, who was not considered "normal" for the time, was killed, thrown into rivers, piles of dung and black trenches, "in pots" in jars to die of hunger, and exposed on every hill and roadside. This was mostly seen in girls.
Importance of projective reaction in the parent-child relationship -
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Centuries IV - XIII d.C abandonment
Children of wealthy parents spent their days at home with their nannies, parents spent little or no time raising their children. The children were sent to serve at the homes of others or in monasteries as servants, pages, bridesmaids, Oblates or employees. Parents justified these actions by saying that this would help their children learn to speak, cure shyness, and even postulate that such a practice would positively contribute to their health. -
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Centuries XIV- XVII Ambivalent
The child is loved and hated, rewarded and punished, bad and loving, all at once.
The parents' job was to mold the child.Children were seen as soft wax, plaster, or clay to shape the child -
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Century XVIII - Intrusive
The parents came even closer and tried to conquer his mind, to control his entrails, his anger, his needs, his masturbation, his very will. The child was punished for touching his genitals, doctors began to spread the myth that it would cause madness, epilepsy, etc. The child was threatened with genital cutting; circumcision, clitoridectomy and infibulation were sometimes used as punishment; and all types of restraining devices. -
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Socializing Nineteenth to Mid-twentieth Centuries
The aim was not to control the child, but to educate him. The aim was to guide, educate, teach the child to socialize. -
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Mid-twentieth Century
The child knows their needs at every stage of their life. Parents work to meet those needs. They spend more time. They are corrected by dialogue. Parents play with children.
