Toxic Parents of All Time and Peoples

Infanticides of antiquity, merciless clubs of the Middle Ages, questionable educational techniques of modern times... Humanity has made countless mistakes before arriving at the contemporary concept of respect for the child. Many books have been written about toxic upbringing in psychology. The uniqueness of this publication lies in the fact that the author approaches the topic not from a psychological perspective, but from a historical one, analyzing educational theories and practices of past eras. How were "unwanted" children disposed of in the ancient world? What methods did medieval scholastics use to overcome the "inherent sinfulness" of the little person? What terrible lullabies did Russian mothers sing to their infants? How did idealist romantics attempt to correct real children to fit their invented ideal? What was a "true pioneer" supposed to be like, and what happened to those who did not fit the mold?