Tonight I found I have a fatal flaw as a parent...

[RandySF]

I treasure my child more than life itself, but I still don't like kids in general.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This is not a fatal flaw!

I don't see it as a flaw at all, really...

I felt the same too...

There is NO requirement that you like kids in general.

Be good to yourself, and your child, and you'll do just fine.

[TxDemChem]

2. I'm with Peggy.

Our family has an old joke: while I love my kid to death, I'm not so enamored with yours. It has gotten better though. After 16 years, I look at little kids and think back to how my daughter was at that age. I remember the cuteness and innocence (which she actually still has, even behind the wheel of a car) and I appreciate that their parents are (hopefully) enjoying having them in their lives. I'm still no fan of kids - I stopped at one - but I don't look at them as nuisances any more. Well, unless they're bad, in which case I think that the parents may have a handful at home.

Being a parent can be so complicated!

[laundry_queen]

3. I can totally relate.

I'm the same way.

[Codeine]

4. I'll be honest; I fuckin' hate kids.

I only make an exception for my stepmonkeys. Everyone else under the age of 18 can bugger off.