Evolution of Childhood

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  • 5000 BCE

    Classic Period, Egypt

    Classic Period, Egypt
    .Children were considered very important, because they represented the union made by their parents by the marriage.
    . Their education depends of their social status of the family.
  • 1800 BCE

    Classic Period, Rome & Greece

    Classic Period, Rome & Greece
    .The children were educated with a great vision, in order to be important people that could help to the progress of the society, that is why they had to learn about laws, morality and obligations.
    .In some places such as Sparta children were trained as soldiers in order to protect their civilization from an attack.
  • 101

    Infanticide

    Infanticide
    .This age was a very sad time for children, because they suffered a lot homicide and torture.
    .Adults sacrificed children product of adulterous relationships or that were born with physical defects.
  • 401

    V Century

    V Century
    . In this Century children were raised under the direction of the church, as the highest authority they wanted to enforce fear of God and they got it by making a lot of punishments.
  • 787

    Abandoned children

    Abandoned children
    .Authority created a lot asylums for abandoned children.
    .There were some many reasons for that, many parents died for diseases and wars.
  • 1201

    XIII Century

    XIII Century
    .In this age, children were moved to the crusades by the military and religious organizations.
    . In this time childhood was a conception of the start of the life in order to suffer a transition that lead them to the adulthood.

  • XVII

    XVII
    .It started the separation between boys and girls, women were known as the persons in charge of the raising of the children.

  • Act of Parliament for the prevention of cruelty to children.

    .It was the first Act of Parliament for the prevention of cruelty to children.
    .The state started to intervene in the protection of children

  • Convention for the Rights of the Children

    Convention for the Rights of the Children
    The Convention stated that the society and the State must provide protection, education and care for the satisfaction of their basic needs and for the achievement of their integral welfare.

  • Children's Right

    Children's Right
    "Children's rights includes their right to association with both parents, human identity as well as the basic needs for physical protection, food, universal state-paid education, health care, and criminal laws appropriate for the age and development of the child.''