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1400
Caracteristics of childhood in modern age
After the complete submission of the society to the church for the children, it opened the way to artistic representations of them, being painted as angels and goddess images.
Together with all these aspects, the first image of the child is consolidated with a sense of tenderness and compassion, recognizing their needs on the part of the parents. -
Period: 1400 to
MODERN AGE
Childhood is still an unidentified concept, the responsibility of the infant still falls on the father, however, the church takes part in the crimes committed against children, such as infanticide or abortion.
After this the church takes control of the education and appears the complete submission to the church. -
Period: to
Contemporary age XVIII century UP XXI
new concepts of childhood emerge, the child is taken as a participant in society, no longer as a need of the father, but as a being with his own needs -
characteristics of the contemporary age XIX
In the middle of the 19th century, the scientific study of children began and the state of the good growth of the infant began to be held responsible.
The need arises to school them and the school becomes a place for children exclusively designed for them.
Educational systems emerge and multiple authors and students of society propose models to follow for schools, the image of the child is shaped as a person in construction of his character and personality. -
Period: to
CENTURY XX AND XXI
Childhood is fully and explicitly recognized as a period with its own characteristics and needs, the child as a person with the right to personal identity to dignity and freedom.
an education is also directed towards the father as a person who contributes to his growth
- Creation of the inicef 1946
- Declaration of the rights of the child November 20, 1959
- world summit in favor of childhood 1990 -
Perception of childhood in old age and middle age (IX and XI)
The infant was considered an adult project, had no qualities to develop to be a virtuous citizen, had lack of character and will.
The child was also subject to the patriarchal will, grew in function of the interests of his father, in the upper class was considered as the successor of the father to power and in the lower classes as reproducers of office in its nucleus -
Period: to 500
Old age 5000 a.c century v. d.c.
The term of childhood was not consolidated at that time, children were not considered as beings in the care of an older adult if not as burdens or problems for the family that had to be resolved in some way.
