When did children become rights-holders rather than property? The long, uneven story of how society learned to see children as people.
Childhood as we understand it is a recent invention. For most of history, children were small workers, small property, or small adults. The idea that they deserved protection, education, and a voice took centuries to arrive.
The Awareverse question running through every chapter: Who had power over children here, who spoke for them, and what would have changed if the child had been seen as a full person from the start?