With the much higher rate of infant mortality in the past, was the death of an infant less emotionally impactful then than in times of modern medicine? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

With the much higher rate of infant mortality in the past, was the death of an infant less emotionally impactful then than in times of modern medicine?

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Not comprehensive for all of history but /u/bigfridge224 talked about the grim reality of infant mortality in the Roman Empire.