Nobody wants to lose his mother to death, especially if that woman influences him positively. A mother’s love cannot be compared to the love of a spouse. She still sees you as that child she gave birth to and raised in love. Even when fathers abandon babies or children, a good mother would never forsake her child. Good mothers are the best advisers, although you need to think through them. In Africa, a mother can discipline his child regardless of his age. Even in my thirties my mother still slaps, when she is gravely angry, and African culture approves of it. They serve as a control to our excesses.
There is no comparison when we are talking about a royal family that includes princes and kings. The Queen Mother will necessarily be wonderful.
But speaking of mothers in general, it is very relative. All people who practice violence on others are necessarily victims of family neglect in one way or another, in which the mother plays specific roles.
In Africa, the mother enjoys a great position because she performs great functions (according to society's view) throughout her life with her children and not only for care during their growing up (childhood and adolescence).