2017-12-142017-12-142012-06MAGALHÃES, Solange Martins Oliveira. Políticas públicas para a educação da infância: chegamos à infância cidadã? Ensino em Re-Vista, Uberlândia, v. 19, n. 1, p. 1-14, jan./jun. 2012.e- 1983-1730http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/13199Brazilian government has provided assis- tance for children of 0 to 6 years old from more than a hundred years. This happened alongside many chan- ges in the concept of childhood. Scientific and insti- tutional thoughts and mass means of communication to transform childhood into a cultural subject/object of modernity have influenced such changes. To com- prehend public policies is also to reflect on “what it is to be a child” today in our society, and how changes in the concept of childhood have defined educational practices as well as socialization of children for mo- dern society. Through this analysis we have tried to clarify some of the intentions that influenced children education – especially neoliberal thoughts. We have also proposed to discern the logic, living dynamic and even the contradiction of public politics of the educa- tion of childhood in the Brazilian society.porAcesso AbertoPolíticas públicasEducação infantilInfânciaPublic politicsChildren educationChildhoodArtigo