Conception of childhood as a social and historical category.

By Brissa Gutiérrez
  • Abandonment (4th - 13th centuries)
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    Abandonment (4th - 13th centuries)

    During this period the child is recognized as having a soul, as being human, but due to difficulties it is determined to abandon it. The founder of the first institution to take in children from other countries was Pope Innocent III. Once the parents began to accept the child as having a soul, the only way to get rid of all their anguish is through abandonment.
  • Infanticide (Antiquity 4th century)
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    Infanticide (Antiquity 4th century)

    The problems between the relationship between adults and children determined the death of children, especially girls, which was justified by economic and religious problems. Infanticide is also reflected in the bible, there are biblical provisions that protect orphaned children, as in Greece, which only prohibits the sale of children 640 BC. Basically, it is a crime that consists of killing a child, especially a newborn child.
  • Ambivalence (XIV - XVII Century)
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    Ambivalence (XIV - XVII Century)

    Children begin to enter into an affective life between parents, institutions begin to appear that protrgrn children as well as manuals on child instruction, appears the idea that a child should be molded with clay to give it shape, the influence of humanists and religious form an institute with an educational structure separate from the family for the development of the child and childhood training in the reign of Peter IV (1337).
  • Intrusion (18th Century)

    Intrusion (18th Century)

    Empathy begins to be known as a way of relating to children, directing them voluntarily without resorting to violent actions. The modern feeling of childhood appears, although it is not generalized.
  • Socialization (19th Century First half of the 19th Century)

    Socialization (19th Century First half of the 19th Century)

    Upbringing in forming and guiding for an adaptation, the father begins to take an interest in the child and begins to help the mother in the tasks of upbringing. Process by which the human being learns. The upbringing of a child did not consist so much in dominating his will, as in forming him.
  • Helping (19th - 20th Century)

    Helping (19th - 20th Century)

    Some parents adopted the role of helping their children to achieve their own goals in life rather than socializing them to fulfill parental concerns. The relationship is now empathetic and based on what the child needs at each stage of life and involves the participation of both parents.