A Mother's Love

When I read "Home Burial" by Robert Frost, it made me think about how a man and woman differ in their relationships with their child. Personally, I think a woman is more attached to her child than a man would be. "Home Burial" is about a couple coping with the death of their child. The wife is angry and resentful toward her husband because he doesn't mourn their child's death the way she does. I believe this poem is a prime example of how a woman's bond with her child may be deeper than that of a father's. I am not implying that a father does not love his child, only that a mother's bond is stronger. 

Frost's poem reminded me of the day I had my daughter. I was scheduled to be induced, and though things could have been much worse, everything seemed to go off course. I had never had problems with my blood pressure, but the day I was induced my blood pressure got dangerously high.  It was so high that I had to have a cesarean.Thankfully, my blood pressure quickly declined after the delivery of my daughter, and I brought home a beautiful, healthy baby girl. I do not understand how any woman can go through nine months of pregnancy, the excruciating pain from delivery, and not be immensely connected to her child. There is an exception to everything, and there are some women who do not share a close bond with their child. However, I think there is no greater feeling than being a mother, and I could not imagine experiencing something as tragic as the couple in "Home Burial" had experienced.

My husband completely disagree that a mother's bond with her child is stronger than that of a father's. He believes that a woman is more emotionally attached to her child, but that the bond between each parent is equally the same. Here is a video clip of him sharing his views:

I will admit that my opinion may be biased in that I am a mother, and I believe that a mother's love for her child is greater than a father's simply because a woman carries the child and develop a bond with the child before he or she is born.Carrying a child and giving birth is something a man cannot do, therefore a man will never fully understand the impact it has on the bond between a woman and her child.