if your child dies, can you still classify yourself as a 'parent' ?
 

i dont think so

grandmothers become mothers again?

shit, can you even be a 'mother' without a child?

sure, you WERE a mother at a point in time but no longer can be called a 'mother'.

yes... that person is still your child, just because they are dead, doesn't mean they never existed

You then become a parent of a dead child.

I parented my child for 21 years before he died. Yes, I still consider myself his parent. When my father dies, I will still consider myself his child.

Morbid topic. :(

yes. once a parent, always a parent.

Of course you're still a parent. If you parents die do you stop being a son or daughter? Of course not.

Once a parent, always a parent. If your child dies you still at one point were a parent and will always be a parent.

same here but she died at 8, yes i am still her father dead or alive.

weird ass question...

very ruff around the edges.

well said :thumbsup

Exactly. Once you're a parent you're always a parent. Even if you're a dead beat parent..you're still a parent :2 cents:

Knowing that people on this board has lost children I find it sad that you actually have to make a thread like this.

how about no, you're wrong, i dont think so.

a parent is some who nutures and take care of a child. if you have never tooken care of the kid once, you're not a parent.

I agree that once you are a mom or day, and then child passes, you are still that childs mom or dad.

Actually reading the replies you're more offended by it than the people who have lost children.

They still call ex-presidents Mr. President and do it on down the line. You keep the title of your highest rank. I don't think this is much different.

:thumbsup Well said.

by fact, you're still a parent, but to everyone else, you're just a donor

i dont think so, for example if you're placing a personals ad, you wouldn't write "38 year old single father".

lol good to have the old nofx back :)

Well said indeed

Did your mother and father stop being parents when your brain died?

You also don't list them on your tax return. You don't list your adult children either.

Having a child who's no longer living is not unlike having an adult child; You're no longer responsible for their care, but you're still their parent. And they never call.

"If you get a devorce are you still married?"

Not true at all. My daughter just called and invited me to the Dodgers vs Angels game tonight, and we went to lunch yesterday.

My son and I went to dinner a couple nights ago.

stupid question...
parent will stay a parent till the last day of his/her life even if his/her child died.

We lost twins 6 years ago (dead at birth).

I think he meant deceased children.:2 cents:

Yeah, I have a friend who's daughter died last year. I still consider him a father.

What's with this sad topic? :(

please shut the fuck up with your biased slander.

life is sad overall. whats so odd about this topic? death is reality.

how long did it take your old and feeble mind to come up with that lameass insult?

LOL

I think you're still a parent if your child dies. And even if you didn't care for your child while alive you're still his/her biological parent... you're just a bad parent rather than a good parent.

Most definally, always a parent, in life and also in death

i used to think you had brains

i agree well said
sorry for your loss
it must be hard ...
i cant even imagine

yes, you area parent of a dead child. Why is the question?

your child is in the heaven now, and you are here - still his parent

you are divorsed.
But if yur wife died - you are married to her still.