Here is a little bit of Irish History.
Christian influence improved the legal worth of a child in early Irish law. So much so, for a child between baptism and age seven, the child honour-price is the same as a student cleric which is 8 slave-women. Now, any injury that is inflicted on the young child, no matter the social class, the child of a king and child of a commoner is the same honour price for seven years. After the age of seven the child honour-price is halved that of their father or guardian and stays that level as long the child is dependent on him. If the child was a student cleric, the church paid for his honour-price. Now if the child is a slave, the master is paid instead. If the father’s honour-price is reduced by committing an offence for some reason, the child honour-price is not reduced. If an offence has been committed against a child in fosterage, but the blame is not on the foster-father, two-thirds of the fine goes to the father and one-third to the foster-father. If the married woman kills her child or deliberately induced an abortion, the husband can divorce her. If a child is accidently injured by playing games with other boys, like, hurling or swimming, there is no right to a fine. But if playing with spears or hurling rocks, the culprit family will have to pay the fine.
The Source is from A Guide to Early Irish Law by Dr. Fergus Kelly, I highly recommend the book.