The Fight Over When The Childhood Began By George Marrison

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The six society views of children through the ages are miniature adults, sinful children, blank tablets, growing plants, property and investment in the future. One view influenced child rearing practices is miniature adults. According with our textbook Early childhood education today by George Marrison, page 117, during the medieval time, the notion of childhood did not exist. The concept of children as miniature adults was logical for that time because the economic condition of medieval Europe did not allow a long childhood dependency. In medieval time, children had the same responsibilities as adults and the differences between children and adults were size and age. In the article “The fight over when the childhood began” by Stephen