Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170410010002/@comment-25926288-20170416160424

Aine1989 wrote:'''Snow and Cora I agree with (although while Snow is bad, she isn't on Regina's level and I don't think I would actually call her abusive). But Milah and Emma? Milah made a mistake she spent every day regretting and Emma is there for Henry and strives to make him happy. '''

I meant that the only mothers with any sort of negative traits and signficant development/time are Milah (sort of), Emma, Snow, Regina, and Cora. Most of the other mothers we hardly know much about, so following my train of thought, I agree that Regina's one of the worst mothers, but Cora is worst than her because Regina may be self-centered, but she would never think about ripping out his heart and/or killing him casually as Cora did. So,in other words, you have to include the good part of Regina's paranthood with the bad and that is better than Cora's whose been nothing but bad except a few moments.

Emma isn't perfect, but both her and Regina are different paths. Emma's bonding from not being there, Regina's redeeming herself with better care. In-show, I think they are pretty much the same with Regina being more experienced, Emma having a blank slate to start with.

I feel as though many place either of them in terms of reality which we can't really do because everyone on this show would be imprisoned or dead because nearly everyone is a murderer. XD