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Period: 1830 BCE to 1531 BCE
Child selling was legal
In babylonian times a father had control over his children until their marriage. He had a right to their labor in return for their keep. He might hire them out and receive their wages, pledge them for debt, or even sell them outright. -
1000 BCE
children as servants
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Period: 301 to 400
public opinion found infanticide wrong
infanticide started seen as wrong, but it didn`t stopped -
Period: 301 to 400
public opinion found infanticide wrong
infanticicde began to look bad, but they kept doing it -
Period: 476 to 1453
Infanticide begins to reduce
the killing of legitimate children was only slowly reduced during the Middle Ages -
1200
child beating started being legal
Beating a Child was approved unless the child was beated to death, then, law would apply -
1200
child beating law
Beating a Child was approved unless the child was beated to death, then, law would apply -
Period: 1200 to
child abuse
Mostly in Ancient Greece and Rome. Boy brothels and rent-a-boy services were common. Children often were abused by servants and educators with consent of the parents -
1400
chlid innocence
Giovanni Dominici said children after the age of 3 should not be allowed to see nude adults -
child selling
Theodore, Arch-bishop of Catenbury ruled "A man might not sell . his son into slavery after the age of 7" -
Period: to
Child beating decreased until its end
in America and Europe -
Children locked as punishment
As a subtitute of beating, parents would shut children up in dark closets for hours or left them locked in rooms for several days -
Period: to
Infanticide of illegitimate children begins to reduce
In the nineteenth century it stopped being regular to kill illegitimate children -
custody of a child
the law acknowledge that the first consideration in deciding who should have custody of a minor was the interests of the child, rather than the adult’s possessional interest. -
children UNICEF
Agency of the United Nations Organization that provides humanitarian and development assistance to children in developing countries -
helping mode
Full involvement of parent in child's life, looking out for the child's needs, development of emotional bonds