Which situation is harder, for a child to lose a mother or for a mother to lose a child?

Answer 1

I would have to say for a mother to loose a child.

Answer 2

I think it depends on the age. If it is a young child that loses a mother it is very hard, but it is also hard for a mother to lose her young child. I'm going to go with it being harder for a child to lose a mother. A mother can always have other children, but a child only ever has one mother.

Answer 3

I would say it's harder for a child to lose a mother. A mother barring any complications can have another child. Can a child have another biological mother? NOPE! Adoptive, yes. A guardian, yes, but not someone who gave birth to them. Either situation is a difficult one to go through. An adult is better equipped to handle a situation such as this than a child.

Answer 4

I am 13 and I think it's harder for a child to lose a mother. I often fall asleep at night, thinking how wonderful my mom is, and how much time she takes to take the best care of me, and how devastated I would feel if I ever lost her. I mean, a mother gave birth to the child, who has literally relied on her since birth. But it's very hard for both, I think.

Answer 5

I am a mother of 2 and I have also lost a parent. I think both situations are horrible. However a child loosing a parent is an "expected" way of life...."the parent is suppose to go first" however if the child is young then they miss out on their mom and that's difficult. However a mother loosing a child......that's unexpected....they just aren't suppose to die before a parent....I think if my children lost me they would survive, via family and friends, but if I lost them....well, ...I'm not sure how I would handle it. I hope none of us are ever in that situation to find out b/c I don't want to ever know what that feels like.

Answer 6

I believe that it would me much harder for a mother to lose a child, because it was part of them. But when a child looses a mother, they tend to lean on some other person with the motherly image.

Answer 7

A mother to lose a child is harder, for she is the love,the care taker, the teacher, the heart of that child, so when a mother loses a child her heart dies with that child.

Answer 8

Both equally. I was 4yrs old when my mother was murdered and I am now 27 and I am still affected by it everyday. I am also a mother to a 3yr old boy and a 1yr old girl and I think that because of my mothers death I am more emotional about the whole situation that I know in my heart that if anything happened to my children that I would go crazy and I wouldn't be able to go on....but that Is how I feel, they are the love of my life and I can not imagine life without them........my husband doesn't even compare. If I lost him I would be hurt and sad and mosty sad for my kids cause I know the pain of loosing my mother but I would die without my children.

Answer 9

That's a really tough question! I can't imagine losing one of my children - it would devastate me. I think it might be harder for a child to lose their mother because children look to their mothers for nurturing, guidance, help, etc. Also, children obviously don't have the same life experience and therefore haven't learned the coping skills of an adult.

Answer 10

A mother to lose a child,we want to have our children out live us.