Childhood in history

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  • 5000 BCE

    Classic Period (Egypt)

    Classic Period (Egypt)
    Children were considered the fruit of the union of both parents. Education depended on social class.
  • 1800 BCE

    Western culture (Greece)

    Western culture (Greece)
    Kids were considered as an adult project. Education tried to give them knowledge.
  • 1200 BCE

    Western culture (Greece and Rome)

    Western culture (Greece and Rome)
    Kids were commonly used sexually by older men.
    Children were under the fullest control of their parents.
  • 950 BCE

    Western culture (Greece and Rome)

    Western culture (Greece and Rome)
    Violence as a method of education. Kids were prepared for war.
  • 100

    Infanticide

    Infanticide
    Deformed children or with some physical defect; Illegitimate children or product of adulterous relationships; lack of resources.
  • 300

    Christianism

    Christianism
    The role of fathers and mothers is reinforced, as it emphasizes their obligation, by God's command, to feed and teach their sons and daughters.
  • 401

    Middle Age

    Middle Age
    The aim of education was to prepare kids to serve God.
  • 1201

    Middle age

    Middle age
    Children were considered small men who must become real men. Children were moved to the crusades by the military and religious organizations.

  • Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Parents indulge children with severity in their homes and schools. The mother was recognized as the principal source of education for their children.

  • Liberalism

    Liberalism
    Recognition of rights.

  • XIX Century

    XIX Century
    The children of the poorest classes had harsh living and working conditions.Appearance of charity "saviors of children".

  • XX Century

    XX Century
    Kids are considered citizens with rights.

  • Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child

    Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child
    Child's right to receive the requirements for normal development, the right of the hungry child to be fed, the sick child to receive health care, the backward child to be reclaimed, orphans to shelter, and the right to protection from exploitation.

  • UNICEF

    UNICEF
    The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund is a United Nations program that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.