I am very fond of the children in my care. It is a business at drop off and again at pick up, in between it is lovely to hear " I love you" at nap time or whenever the child feels the need to say it, or hear it. What other job would that happen in? I get sentimental but never teary eyed, when a child leaves my care. The same way you would feel after leaving any other person you have spent so much time with, it can be sad. I would not want my child to be with someone all day, that did not at least feel a fondness for them. The same love as your own child? That would just open up a whole world of hurt and heartache, ain't gonna happen.