Edad antigua

Evolution of the concept of childhood

  • 300

    Greek concept of childhood

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

    San Agustín

    San Agustín
    The child is considered as the project of the adult, without qualities to be a virtuous citizen.
  • 500

    The misuse of Seneca's thoughts

    The misuse of Seneca's thoughts
    The killing of mothers to children reaches its climax in middle age.
  • 650

    children as an offering to the devil

    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.
  • 700

    Children as servants- Middle Ages

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

    Rome

    Rome
    The child is under the authority of the father
  • 1401

    Children as the scum of humanity:

    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