Which do you think would hurt more, the loss of a parent or the loss of a chiild...?

Question

and why? Just a question for thought.

Answer 1

Parent by far.
kids die via abortion every day. to the tune of 22million or more a year.

Some of the same women kill kids over and over again.
Love abortion or hate it. Chances are that ONE person know someone who answered this question that said that they would 'miss the child more' but has HAD an abortion.
NO ONE that is answering this question has killed a parent!


If parents died at the same rate as kids, there would no children to ask/answer this question.
Let the stats be your guide regarding what people are saying and what is actually true!

Yeah sure I am going to get some 'down thumbs' because having one child wont replace another but it can 'fill in' the gap
I can have another child (and kill it or not kill it)!
only one mom and one dad
no sub for either of them
they arent so interchangable (like the aborted kids are) either

Answer 2

Well I think the loss of a parent would be much more painful if you were a child. As an adult, you learn that it's going to occur eventually. Either way it still hurts. The loss of a child would hurt a lot more if they were special to you. especially the mother. The child could have been an important figure, or a loving child that would treat you like royalty. But since he/she has passed, there is no chance of that happening.
I guess it really depends on how you look at it. It could be either or. They both hurt a lot though.

Answer 3

at 17, I would say the loss of a parent, especially my mom. We've been so close my entire life. I mean she's the one who brought me in this world and who has helped me through every dark part in my life.

however, if I were (or when I am someday) a mother I think it would be harder to lose a child because they have had little chance to experience life. Plus, I would have carried that baby inside of me and it would be a part of me with whom I would have an instant emotional and physical bond to.

though I know I'll lose my mom someday, I don't want to imagine it. though I know it's possible I may lose a future child, I can't imagine it.

my greatest sympathies to those who have lost anyone they love.

Answer 4

A loss of a child! Losing a parent is part of the circle of life. One is not sopposed to outlive a child. My parents had baby girl that died at six months old, my mother was never quite the same. They seemed to except the loss of thier parents better.

Answer 5

This is a difficult question. I lost my mum 8 months ago and It has been and still is very difficult to live life without her and I miss her lots but I cannot imagine life without anyone of my four kids. My sister in law has lost two girls one at birth and the other aged 18 in a traffic accident, it has been 14 and 7 years since the deaths of her daughters and she still cries an awful lot but she has to stay strong for her other 3 children. I think burying one of your children is he worst things that can happen to any parent.

Answer 6

I would imagine the loss of a child. Older people have lived and experienced things. Small children just have so much to do still.

Answer 7

I think the loss of a child would hurt more. I think that because you've had more time with your parent. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to my children.

Answer 8

I have lost a child and both parents and the childs death was far worse, I think it is because your childs death goes against nature/ life circle in lifes circle we are suppose to be born grow up grow old die. It is natural to bury the old, your parents etc.
But as I was at the funeral home picking out my childs casket, all that kept going through my mind was that she should be picking out mine, she was young had a 3 year old baby and had so much life left , why, why, why.

Answer 9

Loss of a child. No parent is meant to out live their child. That is one of the worst things to go through. Everybody looses their parents sometime, but not everybody loses their children before they die themselves.

Answer 10

Definitely my child. The only way someone on here is going to answer that a parent would hurt more, is someone who doesn't have kids.And even then I think your still going to get "child " answers over parent's. I have had dreams that my mom has passed away and I 've had dreams that my son has passed away, and it still makes me insanely sad when I think of my life w/out my little boy.Just like everyone else who answered before me,I say "my child"!