IMO, there is no comparison. Our families today have a GREAT life by comparison to those of the past. The families in the decades and centuries before us had many times over, a MORE difficult life, to say the least.
We've all heard the stories, of settling new land, clearing lands, growing their own food, milling it themselves, storing it where?, growing the materials with which to make clothing for the entire family, weaving and knitting those materials, making the materials, plus washing the clothing, cooking the food, making do with pine bows or plain dirt floor for a place to sleep, (with no 520 thread count sheets, 10-12 pillows, wool blankets, etc etc)....no inside bathroom...ooops...NO bathrooms, no showers, no windows for the log cabins, no cars, electricity, computers, radios, TVs, blueberry gadgets, and I'm sure you have read enough history over the years to know the rest for each generation.
If anyone is interested, I found some interesting timelines for the World, some of the Countries in the world, and for America over the many centuries since the 1400's....
And BTW, the kids were with their parents most of the time. Working with them in the fields, and doing chores kids could do while adults did more of the harder chores to maintain any life at all.
The kids of yesterday didn't do drugs, didn't think they were deprived if they were homeschooled, or didn't have painted gym sets, or a car for each kid in the house, or that horror or horrors, they didn't have a computer or a TV in their own rooms either.
Expanding World 1500-1900
American History
Outline of events 1550-1900
Major events 1600-1700
Major events 1700-1780
Major events 1780-1800
Major events 1800-1850
Major events 1850-1900
Exploration 1492-1810
American War of Independence 1775-1783
American Civil War 1861-1865
Dates when states joined the Union 1787-1959
Indian Wars 1636-1898
US Presidents 1789-1881
American life lines 1700-1800
American life lines 1800-1850
American life lines 1850-1900
Black slavery 1600-1860
Settlement 1520-1820
Settlement 1820-1920
This for American History
factsonfile.com
Link for World History 1492-1914
factsonfile.com
Link for all major continents:
factsonfile.com
Another site: This one shows American History Timeline for Kids (and Adults)
1492-1783
worldalmanacforkids.com
American History Timeline 1783-1900
worldalmanacforkids.com
American History Timeline: 20th Century
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