Roman Parents Did Grieve for the Death of Their Children

How surviving families treat the deaths of relatives of ancient Rome depends on time and social status. But the common theme is the lack of children's sorrow. There are various social customs and laws that seem to be less important to children's death than adults. The purpose of this article is to insist that Roman parents feel sorrowful about losing their children, but can not say any more. Some examples show that parents are deeper and sad than sadly as modern people do.

Before the 20th century, more than half of parents lost at least one child, and childhood death usually did not cause long-term sadness (p. 138). Other scholars believe that parents have always loved and cherished their children, but this pattern of parent-child relationships may be more prominent in certain areas and periods than in other places. In the 19th century, European American tourists sometimes felt that their parents were too tolerant too much to train their children correctly (Furstenberg, 1966). The way parents rearing their children may differ due to differences in social classes and regions As the economy becomes more industrialized, the pattern of children changes over time. Parents who do not rely on children to support their families may be more emotional.

Children who experienced a large loss may be different from adults. Parent's death is particularly difficult for children and affects security and survival. In many cases, they are confused about the changes they are seeing. Especially when a cheerful adult is trying to protect them from the truth of the surviving parents and sad acting. Children are put at a particularly disadvantage because understanding is limited and emotions can not be expressed. Infants can resume early actions (bedwetting etc.), ask questions about death, invent the game about death, pretend not to have caused death

One of the most difficult roles of a mother or father after a child's death is to remain a parent of the surviving child. Parents must continue to play a role in their sad role - this is a big challenge. However, the surviving children should not feel that they are alone or left behind. When parents are unable to do so, parents do a hard job of constantly changing their roles from comfort to being a comforter. Some parents decide to swing to the other extreme, to overprotect their children, and to preserve their safety.