Compared to parents today, parents in colonial America were relatively strict and emotionally distant. What factor best accounts for this?
A. Infant and child mortality rates were very high.
B. Families were more religious than they are today.
C. There was a surplus of women in Colonial America.
D. It was common for husbands or wives to marry two or three times because of high death rates.
Answer: A
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