For a long time in philosophy children were seen primarily as "little adults".
And they should learn as early as possible to make themselves useful.
Their childish needs were rather in the background.
But even today parents do not raise their offspring without expectations.
How has the social role of children changed over the course of history?
What did famous thinkers like Plato, Socrates or Friedrich Nietzsche say about childhood?
And what does the ideal childhood actually look like?
SPIEGEL editor Bettina Musall speaks about these and other questions with the philosopher Christoph Quarch in the podcast.
Curious?
Then just click on the play arrow at the beginning of the article and listen to the new episode of our podcast "SPIEGEL Live" - The Talk.
It was created in cooperation with the Bucerius Kunst Forum.
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