Historical and social change in the concept of childhood

  • Infanticidal mode
    300

    Infanticidal mode

    Was a time surrounded by witchcraft belief, people wanted to be separated from children and killed them because of that.
  • Abandoning mode
    400

    Abandoning mode

    Parents accepted that having children was having a soul. No mattered that, they found their way to evade their responsibility, abandoning them.
  • Ambivalent mode
    1300

    Ambivalent mode

    Rules and force were around children education.
  • XVII century

    XVII century

    William Sloan and Philippe Aries describe this stage full of physical and sexual violence to the child.
  • Work

    Work

    In this time was belief that children were made for work.
  • Wrong beliefs

    Wrong beliefs

    Richard Allestree told that children were surrounded by omens of the time, determined them as changeling and that worried people.
  • XVIII century

    XVIII century

    In general, was the start of nursing children, because before it, that activity was not common to do it by the mother.
  • Intrusive mode

    Intrusive mode

    About this time parents started to treated their children with a bit of love, but always having clear and strong rules for them.
  • XIX century

    XIX century

    Childs were very unprotected and prone to suffer a tragedy because of the lack of attention from their parents.
  • Dead

    Dead

    In this stage was common to found children dead bodies around the streets.
  • Socializing mode

    Socializing mode

    It started the real education for children by their parents and equal roles for every member of the family.
  • Helping mode

    Helping mode

    Parents started to be concerned about psychologist and fisical matters of the children for their wellness and safety.