I realize this is a very vague question, so take it in any direction you want.

Before modern medicine, people died a lot younger and in seemingly more tragic ways. There were plagues that wiped out half your family. Women were more likely to die in childbirth. In medieval times, newborns often didn't survive because of issues with breastfeeding.

Did people expect their children to die, and as a result, were less emotionally impacted? (by say, avoiding bonding with their babies until a certain age) Is there any way we can know the emotional states of people in the past compared to ours today?