Abstract

RODRIGUES, Anelise de Oliveira; LUFT, Hedi Maria  and  SILVA, Sidinei Pithan da. Love me, love me not: Child, Childhood and Early Childhood Education. Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2024, vol.23, e2024-37.  Epub Mar 17, 2025. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v23-e2024-37.

The objective of this article is to investigate the historical trajectory of childhood and Early Childhood Education in order to provoke reflections for those who dedicate themselves to the first stage of basic education in contemporary times, as we believe that this immersion in the past allows the understanding of many aspects of the present and highlights the need for a pedagogical-educational construction aimed at more humanizing actions towards childhood. The methodology of the work is a qualitative approach, based on bibliographical research. The theoretical foundation is based mainly on the literature of Ariès (1981), Priore (2010) and the Brazilian Legislation. Thus, the movement of analysis suggests that Early Childhood Education has made some advances, but the interpretation of history demonstrates that this evolutionary line is ambiguous, unequal, exclusive, supported by a dark past that, in many cases, is still genuine.

Keywords : Early Childhood Education; Infancy; Child.

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