As noted by Phillipe Aries, in preindustrial families, children were thought of as small adults who didn't warrant any special treatment or nurturing.
For Parsons, the pre-industrial, agrarian society was populated with extended families. There was a functional fit between the extended family and the rural economy. Where people worked the land, the more family members to lend a hand the better: aunts, uncles, cousins and numerous children were economic assets.
Before the Industrial Revolution started, life was very hard. People worked on farms and had to use their own strength to plow their fields and harvest their crops. Farmers did have animals to help but handling the animals could also be difficult. There was no electricity.
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