Do you like your kids?

Hi dawn, well there are certainly times I would willingly gag him and he's always sweetest when he's sleeping but of course I love him and he knows it. Way before 10 he had a tuned in mind, as a toddler he used to look on with horror at other children having tantrums and by osmosis realised that didn't look good and I never had a sinlge tantrum out of him. He's consistently praised and loved by everyone at school then comes out after 8 hours and announces he's been good all day and can't keep it up any longer. So I'm the only one to see the monster side. But it is still only a unlikeable side when he's overtired, other than that he's smart and good company.

There is a thin line between like and love your children. I love my children and when they were young was with them 24/7, it was hard work but never did I not love them or like them I sis not like some of the things they did. It is the same with our teenagers and as they get older ( mine are adults) I still love them to bits but at times really do not like what they are doing or have done and sometimes that is personally hurtful to me too..only someone with a very hard heart can dislike their children, and am sure your work colleague doesn't dilike her daughter she probably dislikes her behaviour yet deep down really loves her...LoLo

I certainly think you are a very good mom, and I'm not carrying balls here.... I really mean it. You can love your children for what they are, and I'm sure they love you just as much. Anyone is just so lucky to have you as a mom, and a computer savvy at that..Like I've said to Thea on her discussion box, I call my nephews and nieces little rascals. But I love 'em rascals. They are my tears and laughter. I can't imagine the feeling if I have my own children. Will be so wonderful definitely..

Yep.. quite often actually. Well I have 5 of them, and mind you I didn't want 5, I wanted 2. The twins were a bonus.. then the last 2 pregnancies were unplanned (and actually prevented) but what can ya do. I accepted it and do my best most days. But let me tell you they are so draining most of the time!! It's usually the older 3 that are frustrating.. I mean the little 2 have their moments, but I forgive them easier because they're still babies who just don't know better. It's when one of the older ones does something that they know they shouldn't do, and know they'll get in trouble for, that's when I start getting frustrated. All in all they're good kids, but the older 3 can be difficult in their own way, like fighting, lying, being sneaky. I've tried many ways to change certain behaviors, and nothing works. So by the end of the day I'm just beyond stressed and not really liking them too much. That's why there are so many days when they're in bed by 7pm, because I've had enough and it's either put them to bed or become a screaming banshee!

I do like my kids but sometimes i don't like the way they act or things they do. of course mine are grown now but i don't ever remember not liking them.

well i love my kids,, i mean my baby.. i have a 6 months old son.. and i love him so much,, he's all that i Have,, i work for him and i live for him,, he's my life,, that's how i love my baby

I have to be very honest even though I love all my kids there were times when I really didn't like them. There were times when they didn't like me especially when I had to restrict their misbehaver or something they wanted to do. I had a very difficult teen age daughter that was a bit on the wild side. I even went so far as to take her to juvenile hall which turned out to be the best thing to do for her. All they told her was that I didn't have to put up with her behavior and that turned her around.

I agree with you. I like my kids....but there are times when they annoy me no end. But that doesn't make me not like them. And since my older one is able to understand, I always tell him when he annoys me...'I love you...but I don't like what you are doing right now'....making it clear that it's not him that I don't like...just the things he is doing. What I've noticed is that most parents do like their kids...it's just that when they are angry...the things they say, they don't mean and then their ego is too big to later admit to their kids that they were wrong in saying what they did. It's happened to me...my mother always said awful things to me when she was angry....NOW I know that she didn't mean it....but it hurt me so bad then that I still remember all of the awful things she said. There are times when I am tempted to use harsh words with my kids...when they really drive me mad...but I stop myself (most of the time....I also admit that I've totally lost my cool a couple of times that my son does remember) and take a deep breath before opening my mouth to say something.

I can fully relate to this. I have a 7 and a 13 year old. I love my girls with all my heart and soul but sometimes they can tear my last nerve thin. Two totally different personalities to boot, makes it harder. I think what makes me upset the most is when they fight, because they can get dirty with the name calling. My oldest went from this sweet little girl to this walking attitude monster over night when she turned 12. Even my neighbor across the street noticed it. I just blame it on the mood swings. My youngest is whiny and clingy at times, most of dislikes about her is when it comes to homework and when she does things to her sister to upset her. That's siblings for you though. I wouldn't change any of this for any gold in the world. The only time I tell them that I don't like them is when they are fighting, or when my oldest is giving me grief over the smallest thing.

I believe everyone feels this way sometimes. I think a better way to say it is............ "I love you, but i dont always like what you do."

i like and love my kids,but i do find them incredibly annoying and sometimes i just want to lock them outside for a few hours,i don't though

hi dawn Honey hang on your day is coming Im sure of it...LOL..When they become teenagers us moms know nothing any more... Heck I tell my husband that I don't like him today, I love him but I don't like him on certain days.

Hi Dawn, I LIKE AND LOVE MY KIDS SO MUCH. We will work hard for them and will try to give all the they need to live a normal life despite their being special kids. They are my precious blessings and i love them for their being special... i am proud to be their mom.

Children can be difficult at times, but no matter how hard it is to take care of them and discipline them, we have to remember that they are a gift of God and they are probably the people who will give us the most joy and feelings of satisfaction in our lives, even though there may be hard moments at times.

Dawn, enjoy them while you can. There will be days and moments where you find yourself not liking your kids. It does happen. It has happened to me many times. I have four children. The last one is 17 years old. I love all of my children very much. I don't always like the things they do or say. That is normal. They don't always like me either. Every once in awhile, I get a hug. I love the hugs.

Hello dawnald. I have teen boy. He was nice and followed us parents before he was fifteen, but ever since he reached fifteen, he has not been so cooperative. I think that it is probably a hard age of his, a rebellious age. He loses his patience when his mother talks to him. It is very annoying of his current situation. But I think that it will be improved as he grows older. So to speak, when we were at teen, I think that it could be something similar. So it is understandable to us. Yet we still love our son whatsoever.

hi dawnald I dont think I ever really did not like my son, sometimes I got annoyed but still he was my son and yes I still liked him in spite. specially as he was my only child left and I could not have more children so he was even more special.I lost , rather we both did,,ourlittle girl was eight.

I have had times when I did not like something my children did, but I always like and love them. They make me laugh, cry, be angry or grateful, happy, furious, worried like no one else on earth except my husband. They bring sunshine into any rainy day and are beautiful in every way. My son lost his job but refused to let it sink him. Instead while searching for another, he developed a rockin' barbeque sauce and began selling it at small stores and restaurants around him, started his own computer repair shop housed in his basement and then finally found another job. The new job does not pay anything like his old one, but he continues with the bbq sauce and computer repairs in hopes one of them will take off and make him an independent business man. My daughter was born with Down's syndrome, a form of mental retardation. Without her assistance, I would never be able to take care of my disabled husband. She is amazing in her drive to help clean house, get Dad out of and into bed, do the laundry and put away clean dishes. She jumps up every morning, takes a quick shower, cleans her room and gets Dad's meds ready for him to take with applesauce. (I have them divided up into morning and evening portions for each day.) She just brought both of us lunch and has finally sat down to take a break. She does all of this without being told or asked to. I just sit in stunned awe as I watch the child the doctors told me would never be able to do anything, surpass what most 'normal' people would do. I always like and love my children. They are too special not to.

i just have a toddler and a little boy at that. at this stage i noticed that i easily get irritatedwith him on two reasons: there is a frustration concerning my husband that i cannot tell him personally and the other one is i'm thinking of something and the little one just can't control his mouth .

being a mom is very tough. i'm a mother of three and they have each individual personality. even the coolest kid in the world i think also misbehave. we just kinda have to deal with it. sometimes it annoys me but at the end of the day, hey, they are my kids. they all came from me and no matter how they annoy me, this would not be a reason to unlike them because they also give me joy and pride.