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300
Greek concept of childhood
The child is considered as the project of the adult, without qualities to be a virtuous citizen. -
354
San Agustín
The child is considered as the project of the adult, without qualities to be a virtuous citizen. -
500
The misuse of Seneca's thoughts
The killing of mothers to children reaches its climax in middle age. -
650
children as an offering to the devil
The sale of the child was legal in Babylonian times, and may have been quite common among many nations in antiquity. The use of children as political hostages and the security of debts, which also goes back to the times of Babylon. Behind the fosterage custom, where an infant was sent to another family to be raised until the age of 17, and then returned to the parents. -
700
Children as servants- Middle Ages
In the middle ages, all children act as servants, with the exception of all those belonging to royalty. -
801
Rome
The child is under the authority of the father -
1401
Children as the scum of humanity:
San Pablo said that children were entities of evil and therefore should be subjected to punishment -
Juan Amos Comenio
they always look for the man in the child, without thinking about who he is, before being a man. -
Primitive Infant
childhood is considered similar to primitive development in which the child is formed by the habits, passions and ideals that surround it. -
Enrique Pestalozzi 1827
Pedagogy of the child -
UN general assembly on children
Promotion and protection of the rights of children; Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children. -
Current concept
childhood is a period reserved for the development and preparation for the entry of adult life