by smkovalinsky
What if you asked someone to watch your daughter while you were away for a couple of days, and they killed her? Would not that strike you as evil? I'm not being snarky; really wondering how you would feel, as you must love your daughter, and I cannot imagine the words have no meaning to you....you're a mother.
Being a mother is instinctual. I don't need to feel love to be able to feed and clothe my daughter. I don't need to feel love for her in order to protect what's mine.
With that said, I do tell my daughter I love her because that's what's expected of me. And it makes her more compliant and easier to control when she believes she's loved.
I know a child can be raised without love because I was raised without it. I never experienced that whole bonding thing that is supposed to happen between mother and child. My mother says it's because I've always been cold towards her. My mother is more like an aquaintance to me than anything else. She's just another person that exists in my life.
I would not think it was evil if someone killed my daughter. I would see it for what it is - an action. Nothing more.