someone please check my grammar! Do you think that being a parent is different today from being a parent 100 years ago? It is not a simple question. First of all the answer depend of many things. Because 100 years ago the main thing in raising children was "I hope he won't die" and it was not so easy to keep him alive!! The life was more dangerous. The medicine was hardly able to cure the majority of childhood illnesses, not to mention the inherent pathologies! So, from this point of view, it became easier. Secondly, a lot of helpful things was invented in last 100 year, like nappy and dummy for example ;-) So from this point of view, it became easier! But if we will talk about human feelings, parants feelings to theirs baby - i think nothing changed.