I don't love my dckids at all. These are not my kids - they are my clients. Do people think school teachers LOVE the kids in their class? Do parents think soccer coaches LOVE the kids on the team? My guess is they do NOT assume their child is loved by these people so why are we expected to be on a different scale of expectation? I'm sorry, but it is a parent's job to LOVE their kids. I take VERY good care of the dckids but I do not love them. I also find it a huge double standard that parents expect us to LOVE their kid but feel they can pull the kid from this "loving" care whenever it suits them. How's that for a double standard?

I also do not dote attention on kids just because. If a kid is hurt or needs a hug then I give it. But I don't sit around hugging and kissing dckids all day.