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5000 BCE
Childhood in Egypt
The child is considered as the father's successor, in the case of the upper classes (pharaohs and nobility), in the case of the lower classes (peasants, artisans and slaves) they are considered as reproducers of trades. -
1800 BCE
Childhood in Greece
Child considered as an adult project, lacking qualities to develop to be a virtuous citizen, has great lack of character and will -
900 BCE
Childhood in Rome
Child subjected to the protest of the "pater" (the only member of the family with full capacity to act). the birth of the child subject to the decision of the patriarch, oblivious to society and the family. -
100 BCE
beginning of infanticide
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400
it doesn't matter if the child lived or died
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1400
Humanism
Christian church has control of education. Prepare the child to serve God to the church -
1500
Modern age
Education as a mechanism of social control. In addition to producing in agriculture, they learned a trade. Beings in need of Childhood protection as a concept of autonomy -
counter Reformation
The child is conceived as trying to educate future men, that is, future citizens, future Christians, husbands and parents at the same time. -
illustration
Childhood as a period of holiness before the child enters social danger. They were not small adults, but beings of innocence. Training from the senses, intelligence and awareness. The children are able to learn -
XIX century
The scientific study of the child begins in the second half of the 19th century, a series of practical problems arise in relation to the techniques of parenting and education of children. The first instruments of development measurement are developed, there is not yet a unified conception of childhood.
The declaration of the Rights of the Child, proclaimed by the General Assembly in its resolution 1386-XIV, of November 20, 1959, was made mandatory until 1989 in the United States. -
XX century
With the emergence of the Convention for the Rights of the Child, in the 50s, it is achieved that the child is considered a social being with rights and duties. It states that society and the State must provide protection, education and care for the satisfaction of their basic needs and for the achievement of their integral well-being.