# Do parents ever hate their own kids for any reason?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-parents-ever-hate-their-own-kids-for-any-reason/477832 "2008-12-19T00:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jesse\_Leigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@Jesse\_Leigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Leigh)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-parents-ever-hate-their-own-kids-for-any-reason/477832/27 "2008-12-19T15:12:23Z")

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> [@fessie](#):
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> Can people who don’t love themselves ever really, truly, completely love another person?

G’morning fessie!

I don’t believe I’ve met a person who doesn’t love themself. They may not like themself, have no self-confidence, and/or have a host of other ‘self’ issues, but ultimately all humans love themselves.

In my experience, people _preoccupied_ with ‘self’ generally have the most trouble loving or sustaining meaningful relationships with others.

Shalom aleichem - Jesse.

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