ah, i see what you mean.
well, i guess to a degree that goes for all of us. the way we were raised normally translates into the way we are and the way we treat others, kids included. so it's not uncommon, i suppose.
by blabla011like, somebody hands you YOUR baby, your own flesh and blood, how do you feel? would you go - ew, or would you actually feel something? any experiences or thoughts on the subject?
Babies aren't entirely useless to a sociopath. They can be used for financial gain (government benefits) and/or sexual pleasure, if the sociopath is a child molestor or is willing to hire their kid out to someone else who is a child molestor.
I believe that most psychopaths and sociopaths do care about their kids to some degree, the same way any animal cares for it's offspring. There's a natural instinctive desire to care for something that is an extension of yourself.
Like everything else I own, I also view my daughter as my property. I own her.
We had a similar discussion to this on psychforums, ages ago. Both Tempest and justonemoreperson, who also claim to be psychopaths, shared a similar view to mine. Both of them seemed to care for their kids.
hope you don't mind a male perspective but it's a subject that interests me.
No kids, at least that I'm aware of (nervous laugh) Babies have always made me uncomfortable. They trigger me. Even when I was very young I was anxiously compelled to leave the room when a baby cried.
I could never understand what the feeling was but I hated it. A few years ago I was able to identify it as a type of grief they trigger. They cry but they don't speak, they can't communicate what they need and they suffer. It causes me tremendous anxiety and I have to get away. I'm not a SP