Do you like other peoples kids?

Does anyone else not like kids other than their own? Is it weird? I have a toddler girl, and I love her so much and have all the patience in the world with her. And I’d love to have more kids of my own someday. But other people’s kids have always gotten on my nerves; I never want to babysit them. Even other children in my family I never want to babysit or be around much.

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I am with you honestly.

Sometimes it be like that :woman_shrugging::woman_shrugging: lol

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I’m the same way! I was never much of a kid person and didn’t really plan on having any of my own but I did and I love being around them but other people’s kids are annoying. Like I don’t even want to hold anyone else baby or anything lol

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Seems to be a lot of people that are that way… I babysit so kids don’t bug me much, but some very much do!

When the child is ur own it’s different lol

I’m like this when I’m at the playground with my kids :joy: I’m not a fan of watching other people’s kids while they’re on the phone or chatting not paying attention to their own kids. :woman_shrugging:t3: but I do love kids, just depends on the day.

When my kid is having a temper tantrum I rather have my nephew instead because it don’t bother me at all when he starts because I can just put him in a bedroom shut the door and sit outside cause he’s 4 my daughter is about to be 6 months old and I try everything to stop her from crying cause my god she is like a pterodactyl and it echos being in a small apartment

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Im the opposite. I have more patience with everyone else’s children than my own. :woman_facepalming:

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I hate kids, I only like my own :raising_hand_woman::joy:

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Same. I thought it was just me.

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I dont like other peoples kids. Im always afraid ill do something wrong and get blamed for it. I stick to my own kids :joy:

I’m sure people feel the same way about your daughter🤷

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Cherish it. Mine all are teens. I miss them being babies.
But one day I’ll be a Mimi. But I get it I can’t stand listening to the meltdowns now that I past that age. But I love kids

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It depends on the kids I can’t handle bratty entitled kids that aren’t pulled up by their parents, I want to see more kind considerate children. Maybe I might like more of them…

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A lot of people are this way. It’s different when it’s your kid. I know I am lol. I’m pretty sure there are people who probably feel the same about my boys, but then again I don’t usually have sitters. I am under no illusion that my sons are perfect and are definitely annoying sometimes.

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Nikki DeRosa see it’s not just us apparently :rofl:

I dread play dates!!! Like I don’t mind going out to meet up for one but I can’t be responsible for other people’s kids I just feel consumed with children all the time that with more I feel overwhelmed!

Both my boys are teenagers…soooo I cant stand my kids most of the time! Lol. But I am so very patient with my nieces and nephews who are all 6 and under.

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I barely like my own :rofl::rofl:

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This is very common lol I tolerate other people’s kids.

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There r very few kids like outside of mine I tolerate them depending on how they act

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Hahah lmao its not just me?? Like certain ones I do love lile my own, but others, especially when the parents don’t mind them and they’re mean to my kids, hell to the no

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People ask me all the time how I do it with kids. I have 2 boys of my own and I work in an elementary school, so I am around kids 24/7 but I love it.

Right now I’m having a really hard time with other people’s kids and pregnant people. But not for the same reason. I lost my son at 33 weeks. So all I see is what I don’t have.

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I don’t like other people kids either.

Lol I’m not even sure I’m all that keen on my own half the time! Yes I absolutely love him to bits but he PEED on me tonight!!! Lol hehehe

Unpopular opinion: you can love someone else’s kids without liking them. I do not feel or have the same bond with other kids in my life, as I do with my son. And sorry Karens, there’s nothing wrong with it :woman_shrugging:t3::woman_shrugging:t3:

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It depends. I love my god daughter, bonus kids, my bio kid, some friends kids BUT there are also a handful of kids who just have crappy personalities that drive me insane.

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I love and adore my nieces and nephews as I don’t have kids of my own, but they’re the only ones I can really tolerate… other people’s kids are ick.

  • I’m infertile and can’t have kids, 8 angels of our own… it’s rough being around kids sometimes.

I love kids…couldn’t eat a whole one :rofl::rofl:

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Nope not really LOL and I have a one year old. I mean I don’t dislike every single kid just majority of them​:woman_shrugging::rofl:

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I hate other kids. I get irritated when my son brings his friends over :unamused:

I’m the opposite take my kids please and I’ll baby sit someone elses lol.

I work retail it made me hate other kids also. I love my 19 month old daughter, and my friends 19 month old son is pretty awesome also, but that’s it lol

I don’t like kids, except my own. I love my son, and I like my best friends kid, and one day when my brother has kids I will love them but I don’t like other kids🤷🏼‍♀️

I also won’t say every kid is cute because they all aren’t so if i say a baby or kid is cute they must really be cute😂

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I agree. I find other people’s kids annoying

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Glad I’m not alone, having my fifth baby soon but don’t like most other peoples kids :joy:

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Lol. Just wait. You won’t like your own either. Teenage life!!! Lol.

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I am this way. I love my son and my daughter. I love my nieces and nephews. But any other baby, toddler, kid, or teenager I just can’t. I don’t like kids. I am both scared of them and just do not like them. I’m not sure why but I’ve always been this way. Eh.

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Same! I love my kids and tolerate others kids!

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I like my kid and my niece and nephews. That’s about it :joy:

That’s your feeling and no one should be upset with you I have 4 of my own love them to death but to me others are unbearable as some an be unbearable the constant nagging whining crying and you cant discipline

Most of the time I Hate others peoples kids some of them are not smart at all I can’t help it, I tolerate my own at their preteen years

I’m so glad I found this post … lol!! I feel normal now.

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Same. I don’t even like my own half the time​:joy::joy:
I mean of course I love them with all my heart but they’re little a-holes sometimes

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Listen im gonna say this as nice as I can…i fucking hate other peoples children​:rofl::rofl: I love my children more than anything in this world. And my nieces. But other peoples kids I just cant. But its more because the parents just let them run around tearing shit up and they don’t correct them

Im the same way i think its just a comfort thing

Love mine kids and tolerate others sorry

Yeah, I’m not patient and kids are annoying. I don’t even like to play with my own kids, and tbh they don’t like to play with me either. So… at least we are all on the same page. :woman_shrugging:t3: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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I dont like other people as kids either lol
Rarely and it’s usually only because they’re so well behaved

Nope you’re not the only one.

Lakesha Davis Murphy :rofl:

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I like other peoples kids if they are at my home because they mind better than my kids do

The kids are usually cool. Its the parents for me🤣

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There’s a difference in not liking them, and not wanting to be around them. I love all kids and I would always treat them like my own but I don’t like babysitting or being around them without their parents there or in my home where they can wreck everything :sweat_smile:

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I’m the same as you. At 39, I had an unexpected pregnancy. I never wanted kids because I have never liked them or even being around them. But, my girl is the love of my life. I think it’s because she is my own flesh and blood.

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I’m the other way around I’d rather look after the kids then hand them back,

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I legit can only handle kids I’ve known since birth :rofl::rofl: like my kid & my friends kids that I’ve been in their life since before they were born, besides that, no thank you :woman_shrugging:

I’m the same way. I love my kid like crazy, but other kids annoy me lol.

I hate other peoples asshole kids

Girllll samee love my babes but definitely don’t want to handle anyone elses

I love my kids there well behaved sometimes, but watching other peoples kids who just run wild no disaplin no routine etc just tiering an exhausting frustrating

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I never thought i was going to have kids because i didn’t like them. I actually ended up having kids kinda early. Love my 2. Still not a fan of other kids though.

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I don’t like kids other then my own my friend has 2 kids and every time they come over they break something and the mom doesn’t care. Like parent your kids… I feel bad cause my daughter likes to play with then but having them come over is a fucking headache and I just can’t keep my cool.

I don’t like other kids either. Well I like the well behaved ones and that’s it lol.

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I like a few select other children, most of other peoples’ kids drive me nuts lol. I’d say you’re pretty normal based on responses here :slightly_smiling_face:

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My mom only liked her kids and now grandkids.

I used to love kids before I had my own. I was always the one who had all the kids at gatherings so moms could get a break and kids gravitated to me. But soon as I had my first that all changed.

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I personally don’t feel this way. I mean sure there are some children I don’t enjoy because their parents are failing them Haha, but it’s not all children.

But, I have a few friends like this. They love their kids with all their heart but prefer not to be around/deal with other peoples’ children if they can avoid it.

Nothing wrong with that! As long as you’re not being needlessly mean to kids just cause you don’t like them of course XD But it doesnt sound like that’s the case Haha.

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Me!! I loved other kids til I had my own. I worked daycare for 8yrs but now, hell no. I dont deal with other people kids. I barely like my own. I do not babysit for anyone unless its a serious emergency. I have a 16yr old daughter and 5yr old twins. Im over kids!!

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Me!!! I love my 4 Littles, but can’t stand other peoples kids half the time :woman_shrugging: not sure why I’m like that, just always have been.

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Same! You are not alone :laughing:

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Cant relate I like all kids … I think theres something wrong with you personally.

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I love all the kids I know. But there are some I genuinely do not like.
The behaviors get me all types of frustrated. I’d still do anything I can for them but. Godddd they get on my nerves :joy:

Same!! Mostly it’s the behaviors that they have which aren’t being corrected by parents. It’s not so much the kids personally but the lazy parenting that goes with it lol

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Im not a kid person n never have been. I avoid at all costs! I also make no apologies 4 this.

I love all kids in that if I knew one was being hurt or neglected, it makes me livid and breaks my heart every time. I love my own kids more than my own life. But I don’t much enjoy most other people’s kids, I don’t dislike them, I just don’t enjoy them like I do mine :woman_shrugging:t3: I think it’s ok so long as you’re not being a dick to the kids that you don’t much like or enjoy, it’s not their fault.

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I care about them but no I don’t like them haha

I grew up raising my 2 brothers and 3 sisters due to my mother’s medical illness. I have 3 of my own whom are my All. I love All my nieces and nephews. Even the little ones that cry and have meltdowns. I emphathise and understand they can’t communicate and that’s how they let their parents know something is wrong. Jesus said to allow all children to come to him for such is the kingdom of God.

Wow Lol others people’s kids drive me less nuts compared to my own sometimes haha

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my issue is inviting all the kids over to play and have a bit of fun with my kids and drive myself nuts and happy at the same time lol

I love my kids, not so much everyone else’s.

Yes love my own kid to death… other people kids not so much :joy:

Me 100% I have a 13 year old daughter and a 15 year old son. My friends and sister have younger kids and I can only be around them for a short period :rofl: everyone who knows me knows I don’t do kids :woman_facepalming::rofl::woman_shrugging:

It takes a special, kind, and patient heart to love all kids. Don’t feel alone.

I can only tolerate my sisters kids :joy: lol if they aren’t kids in the family then I can’t stand them :woman_shrugging:t2:

Wow… I am so sorry to hear that . That is very unusual. I love, love , love children . I don’t care ,boy, girl , black, white , they are so pure and innocent. To me they are ANGELS. I hear a baby laughing and is music to me. I have two sons and one grandson and they are my life, my happiness . I pray that you love children as much as you love your child.

I’m the same way I can’t stand my brothers and sisters kids they are way too rowdy like I love them but I won’t watch them my child is enough and sometimes I feel like I need a non vacation but I can handle my daughter A LOT better than I can my Nieces and nephews. But that’s not the kids fault it’s the way they are raised my brother has 6 kids so it’s hard keeping up with them and my sisters kids run all over her (her oldest 13 yrs old is rude and literally punches my sister kicks her says she’s not her mom my sister is her step mom been in her life for 11 yrs the only niece I can handle is my sisters second oldest she’s 10 and is so well behaved my brothers kids I babysat them a few times and their two oldest if the tv is on you have to yell at them to get their attention or they ignore you completely

I’m sure other people feel that way about your daughter as well.

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