Do you agree that mother's bond with child is greater than father?

Question

I live with both of my parents. But my mom has told me this
No matter what the mother does the child will still love her the same and that the mom will always love the child. There is no bond greater than mother to child. I asked her what about father and she said it's just not the same. Hm...I've heard this before too. What do you think?
I feel a greater bond between me and my dad, BUT I can go longer without talking to my father and not feeling guilty than to my mother.

Answer 1

well, that's not always true....
I know some bad mothers who abandoned their children and tried to come back after the children were grown and they don't have the same love for that parent.
I remember hearing the country singer Ronnie Milsap (Born into dire poverty in the Appalachian town of Robbinsville, North Carolina, Milsap's mother viewed her newborn's blindness as punishment from God. Shortly after his first birthday, he was cast off and given to his grandmother to raise.)-- speak about his mother who gave him away as a small child she tried to come back when he got to be an adult and he wouldn't accept her.

Answer 2

I think that assumption is often true simply as a result of the kind of society we are brought up in, but it doesn't always apply and depends on many factors. In most cases the mother spends more time with the child through the first years and as such it's understandable that there may be a closer bond. However the opposite can just as easily occur when it's primarily the father raising the child.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the gender of the child plays a substantial role in how close they are to each parent. I myself have always got on better with my Dad, but my brothers seem to have a better connection with my Mum. I don't know if this opposites scenario is the usual way for it to work though...!

Of course, there is a lot to be said for the fact that a mother carries the child for 9 months, not that most children consciously think about this fact, but it must have some significance.

Answer 3

Its all about upbringing. Even if you had a very loving Father lets say...but he was hardly around due to work, military, etc. the bond with the mother will definitely be more developed. The way I feel about my parents is a yin-yang kind of thing. The bond with one is totally dependent on the bond with the other. You may still feel less understood by one, but the bond can be the same

Answer 4

A mother's bond witha child is extreme because she carries the child in her womb for 9 months and that child is dependent totally on the mother for that 9 months and the bond that is formed is a huge one.
That cannot be broken

Answer 5

I believe its because we came out of our mothers womb. She was there for us from the time we were conceive till the time we are born. In a sense, we are "one" with her.

But as we grow older, bonds change. And that change will be reflective on how your relationship with your folks are. Thats why some of us have a greater bond with our father than our mother or vice versa.

Answer 6

I do believe a mother has a spacial connection to her children. They grew inside her for 9 months.

Answer 7

no, I think a child could love his father more than the mom.

Answer 8

I don't think that's really true.It all depends on the circumstances.I have plenty of friends who are alot more bonded with their fathers.

Answer 9

i do think that the maternal bond is stronger. but that is only b/c it's in our history. it's a primative instinct.
but as we can all tell, we are not like our primative ancestors. we have adapted to become more of what we are... whatever it is. but people can love their father more. it's all about their/your/my childhood.

Answer 10

Father goes to work,
he can't be sure who's kids are those

Mother stays at home with the kids;
those are her kids