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Puritans
saw children as being born instinctively sinful who should be ruled by their father and disciplined with iron rod ~
children had to be taught obedience and brought to God by punishment

Jean-Jacque Rousseau
argued children would essentially do the right thing but were corrupted by adult world but he believed if given time and space children will develop at their own pace and learn about life through the experiences they receive ~
He initiated Romantic view saying society corrupted children ~ he was influential advocate of the central idea of modern childhood, that children are special and should develop in natural surroundings