Evolution Of Childhood

  • 305 BCE

    Plato

    Plato is a key factor to understand what childhood is
  • 300

    Abandoning child

    Childs were abandoned in public places by their parents.
  • 300

    Infanticide

    children were killed by their own parents after birth
  • 440

    Church Anounces

    Children that were abandonded were to be anounced publicly in church.
  • Feb 20, 1150

    First University

    Students with 13 years old, doing 6 to 12 . University of Paris 1150
  • Jan 20, 1527

    Priest stated infanticide

    A priest complained that children were being murdered.
  • Masturbation was punished

    Masturbation was punished by the parents of the child.
  • Children´s rights declaration

    UN adopted the declaration of the rights of the child
  • Boys > Girls

    The ratio for boys and girls was 156 boys for every 100 girls because girls were killed by being considered less valuable than boys.