#212 | A Short History of Childhood

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Although there have always been children, the concept of
"childhood" is more recent than many people think, with one
French historian declaring that childhood didn't exist until the
17th century.


In this episode, we'll explore how ideas of childhood have
changed, from John Locke to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from the
English Romantic poets right through to the creation of the
teenager in post-war America.





What exactly is a child? What is childhood? When do you stop
being a child, and for what reasons?

Phillipe Ariès: the author of “Centuries of Childhood”

Infant mortality in the Medieval era

Medieval ideas of childhood

Childhood in the Enlightenment

John Locke's idea of childhood: a tabula rasa

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's idea of childhood: innate and
natural, guided by emotions

The Romantics on childhood: a blissful innocence

Childhood during the Industrial Revolution

Working 68 hours a week in Victorian Britain

The Victorians develop children's literature

The invention of the teenager

Childhood today: better, worse, or just different?




Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary
available on the website:
https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/history-of-childhood


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