Edad antigua

Evolution of the concept of childhood

  • Greek concept of childhood
    300

    Greek concept of childhood

    The child is considered as the project of the adult, without qualities to be a virtuous citizen.
  • San Agustín
    354

    San Agustín

    The child is considered as the project of the adult, without qualities to be a virtuous citizen.
  • The misuse of Seneca's thoughts
    500

    The misuse of Seneca's thoughts

    The killing of mothers to children reaches its climax in middle age.
  • children as an offering to the devil
    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.
  • Children as servants- Middle Ages
    700

    Children as servants- Middle Ages

    In the middle ages, all children act as servants, with the exception of all those belonging to royalty.
  • Rome
    801

    Rome

    The child is under the authority of the father
  • Children as the scum of humanity:
    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

    Juan Amos Comenio

    they always look for the man in the child, without thinking about who he is, before being a man.
  • Primitive Infant

    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

    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

    Current concept

    childhood is a period reserved for the development and preparation for the entry of adult life