Rousseau's educational thought advocates that children's development and education can be divided into four stages: the first stage, from birth to 2 years old, focuses on physical education; The second stage, from 2 years old to 12 years old, focuses on sensory education; The third stage, from 12 to 15, focuses on intellectual education and labor education; The fourth stage, 15 years old to adulthood, mainly moral education and religious education.

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At different age stages, children's ability development tendency, speed and emotional development are completely different, so they tend to divide their ages according to age groups such as ten months ago, ten months to two and a half years old, two and a half to five years old, five to six years old, six to nine years old, nine to twelve years old, twelve to fifteen years old and fifteen to eighteen years old, and each age group has its own emphasis.

Rousseau believes that children's will must also be cultivated. He pointed out that if children are used to all kinds of novel and dangerous things from a very young age, they can be cultivated to be brave; If you can be kind to your child's demands and tears, you can quit your child's waywardness and develop good habits.

Rousseau shouted loudly that children should be raised by their parents themselves, and educating children is the first obligation of parents. However, in order to eliminate the negative influence of feudal tradition on children, he declared that Emile was an orphan and advocated that teachers take him to the rural "natural state" for education.