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>before the industrial revolution the average women throughout

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>before the industrial revolution the average women throughout history had 5-7 children
>only 2.005 ever survived into adulthood
>population growth was very low

How did society deal with the trauma from all the dead children and babies? People must have been ice cold motherfuckers back then, I remember stories from my grandpa, he grew up on a farm and they would routinely exterminate vast quantities of baby kittens(via a bucket and water) because they knew the cat population was already high enough, it was just seen as a natural part of life, today it is unthinkable and illegal
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they were very religious
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My grandfather was born in 1925 he told me his parents didn't properly name him until he was about a year old.
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>>3299054
I remember reading about how certain primitive African tribes don't consider infants real people until a certain age, because the infant mortality rate was so high it was traumatic to value an infant just to have it eventually die
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>>3299044
The grief made it so that most people were generally quieter and more thoughtful (and more religious) than they are now.
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>>3299044
>People must have been ice cold motherfuckers back then
Or we're pathetic pussies nowadays.
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200 years from now, people will be wondering how we deal with losing a parent at 70 years old of heart attack, as most people will surpass 90 years, but we see it as normal. Humans can adapt to many things.
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>>3299062
This actually happened in a lot of places like in East Europe.

>>3299044
>How did society deal with the trauma from all the dead children and babies?

It is what it is.
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>>3299044
>today it is unthinkable

Not if you live on a farm anon.
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