FWIW I believe this has become a somewhat outdated view of how people historically dealt with the death of children. It appeals to a sort of historical logic wi

FWIW I believe this has become a somewhat outdated view of how people historically dealt with the death of children. It appeals to a sort of historical logic without really being supported by the record. Lazy citation: here are some askhistorians threads on evidence and how scholarship ended up going in this direction https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7vbohl/how_did_parents_deal_with_the_high_mortality/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7vbohl/how_d... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/41953k/what_are_some_good_histories_of_childhood_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/41953k/what_...