<P> The Foundling Hospital in London was founded in 1741 as a children 's home for the `` education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children '' . Thomas Spence , an English political radical wrote the first modern defence of the natural rights of children in The Rights of Infants , published in 1796 . </P>
<P> The Foundling Hospital in London was founded in 1741 as a children 's home for the `` education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children '' . Thomas Spence , an English political radical wrote the first modern defence of the natural rights of children in The Rights of Infants , published in 1796 . </P>
when did the children 's rights movement start
when did the children 's rights movement start
1796
1796