Childhood in history

  • Classic Period (Egypt)
    5000 BCE

    Classic Period (Egypt)

    Children were considered the fruit of the union of both parents. Education depended on social class.
  • Western culture (Greece)
    1800 BCE

    Western culture (Greece)

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

    Western culture (Greece and Rome)

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

    Western culture (Greece and Rome)

    Violence as a method of education. Kids were prepared for war.
  • Infanticide
    100

    Infanticide

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

    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.
  • Middle Age
    401

    Middle Age

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

    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.