In many parts of the world, families were larger in the past because people had more children? Do you think there were more advantages or disadvantages to being part of a large family in the past?

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our world was agricultural more than now. Having
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amount of kids had practical meaning. I suppose being in
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family
awry
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for
children
. There were many problems
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using child
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. And
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of
this cause
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was
large
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a large
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number of
children
in the families. Parents tried to give birth, grow up and bring up more kids because it was vitally important for surviving
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their family. The young were used in unpaid
works
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in the fields and domestic gardens. Despite the child
stay
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beloved
for
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parents every time,
value
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of kid life was lower than now
due to
commercial
using
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and
high
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level
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of infant mortality. The second disadvantage is
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by the first. It is about raising
children
. Nowadays, parents absolutely understand
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of having kids. It is truly important to give a decent education to
children
and raise them in love and care. On that people need to
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a
lot
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time, money and other resources, which they did not have in the past. In conclusion, having a lot of relatives is awesome now.
However
, in the
past
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there were many
difficults
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difficulties
and dangers for
children
.
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