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476 BCE
Christianity and Middle Ages: The child is conceived as "Homunculus" (Man in miniature)
Children who do not think, only follow religious rules)
The children in charge of the church. The church controlled all education and they taught children to serve God. Any thought or idea expressed by the children was considered a sin and reason to have a punishment.
"Only time can heal from childhood, and from its imperfections." Only some children have access, and not women. " -
451 BCE
Greece and Rome. Children as objects
The conception of childhood was related with Education (Body-mind). The first 2 years of life were for children to become stronger. Children born with some different physical condition were thrown by a mountain, to a river because that generated economic expenses and were not suitable for war.
Children were educated for sports because they wanted to create a strong army. -
1500
Before Industrial Revolution
Children were exposed to long hours of work, children were considered as a source of income at low costs. -
Period: to
Renacimiento "Change in the conception of childhood"
At this time, people began to think about child development, the evolution of the child. Comenius (1658) said that girls as well as boys had to be educated. -
Children as a "toilet"
Children used to be use for adult projections behind the whole notion of original sin. -
John Locke
"children are molded and shaped by their experiences in life. He pushed that morals were very important to teach a child and did not believe in traits inherited." -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau makes it known that children are different than adults. He believed that children will be who they will be and approached their education naturally. He thought that hands-on learning was best. -
Children Terrified
Children terrified with ghost stories told by their parents. Parents used to say " the werewolf will gulp you down, Blue Beard will chop you up, Boney (Bonaparte) will eat your flesh, the black man or the chimney sweep will steal you away at night" some still saying this. -
Prevention of cruelty
The first act of parliament for the prevention of cruelty to children, commonly known as the "children's charter" was passed. This enabled the state to intervene, for the first time, in relations between parents and children. -
Sigmund Freud.
After their contributions, there was a change in the conception of the child. He divided the stages of the child's development, to explain his emotional development, and his reflections in the future, Freud, I call these stages, psychosexual stages, since it assigns an important role to the sexual insitintos for their development. -
The Children's Act
The Children's Act 1908 established juvenile courts and introduced the registration of foster parents. The Punishment of Incest Act made sexual abuse within families a matter for state jurisdiction rather than intervention by the clergy. -
Maria Montessori
Montessori paved the way for the importance of children learning about things that they are interested in. She respected children and saw that they must be respected in order to be taught. She also believed that children learn by using their senses and being hands on in their learning techniques. -
Declaration of the rights of the child
For the first time, a document was created with all the rights and duties for children worldwide. Children began to have rights in the world. This divides the story in two. -
Social Work.
Under the 1968 Social Work (Scotland) Act, local authority social work depart-ments replaced children, welfare, health and probation committees. Local authorities also took over responsibility for investigating child abuse. -
ICBF- Colombia
The ICBF was created, which meant the first political expression of concern for children in vulnerable situations. -
Colombia- Laws
Law 1098 of 2006 (Code of Childhood and Adolescence) where children are recognized as subjects of rights
