Man's life before and after the industrial revolution was very different, for example, their views on children and the care they received, their views views on premarital sex and their marriage patterns, and how and where they worked. This was reflected in their differences in their emotional attachments to their children, in their views on premarital sex, and in their work ethic. Throughout the pre-industrial revolution, their attitude towards children was poor. If you didn't want or couldn't afford to have a child, even though it was risky and illegal, women would abort in many situations or practice infanticide to kill their children. If you had your child, the parents of these children did not want to develop an emotional attachment to their children due to the high infant mortality rate. Often they also beat their children. They wanted to prepare their children for a difficult world and believed that mistreating them was the best way to do that. If their children lived, they would also make them work hard in the cottage industry to help support the family. They were treated like miniature adults, dressed in clothes that adults would wear, except in shorter sizes, and spoken to in the same way, expecting the children to understand. However, during the post-industrial revolution, the number of foundlings increased significantly to prevent infant mortality. Mortality rates began to decline and parents began to spoil their children. They would dress their children differently to now allow them to move and feel comfortable. They would give them as much as possible to make them happy and form an emotional attachment, learning to love their offspring. However, much else changed after the Industrial Revolution. Sex before marriage ... middle of paper ... orphans also started working in factories, because they had no one to take care of them. They also had no one to complain to, making it easy for these children to be exploited, knowing that there was no one to regulate safety and conditions. As the population continued to grow, unemployment increased, so many people had to work in factories for long days and in brutal conditions. As you can see, human life before and after the industrial revolution was very different. children and the care they received, their views on premarital sex and their marriage patterns, as well as how and where they worked. This is reflected in their differences in their emotional attachments to their children, in their views on premarital sex, and in their work ethic. It was a brutal world, but the industrial revolution brought radical changes to people's lives..