Child development Early ideas On Child Development Enlightenment John Locke
John Locke thought that children were born without any knowledge. He thought the mind is 'tabula rasa', or blank slate. This means that the mind is like a blank piece of paper when someone is born. Children get knowledge in life and fill up the blank paper. Locke thought that the only way that children get knowledge is from doing different things in life and getting experience from those things. Children were seen in a better way and got more respect from adults. Locke wanted parents to spend more time with their children and help them learn. Locke pushed nurture as the most important part of child development.