Rights of the Child and Rights of Children (An Approach from Child Anthropology and Biblical Theology)

Abstract

In order to [give a base to talking / speaking authoritatively] about the rights of the child, the two radical characteristics of childhood were studied: dependence and trust. Adam and Eve were created adults, but they had spiritual infancy, which they lost when they [first sinned / committed the Original sin]. This article analyses the process and consequences of that fall, following some texts from St. John. The presence of children gives parents a chance to recover their own childhood, if they had lost it. The fundamental right of a child is to receive an education that allows true childhood. This requires that they grow up in a family with no affective or intellectual reductionisms.