In this research project there will be a great deal of changes from then and now because of time era and also the change in influence. This research project is about how life was like for a boy living in the 1880 to 1900 era compared to the present day. I will discus their home life, family life, and personal life, morals, & responsibilities. The first paragraph within each title will be "then", and the second paragraph within …showed first 75 words of 1438 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1438 total…they wanted for their own children and as decent standard of living for all youngsters. Another reason was that the United States, with its tradition of individualism and opposition to government intervention in the family, had never developed a full-fledged welfare state, which provided the kind or family support, medical care, and child care programs common in West European countries. Americans debated whether the social problems of children were mainly a parental or community responsibility.