I know that sounds like a bit of a provocative title.
I always used to hate ‘I love you bur u don’t like your behaviour’ much loved of old. Mostly because IMO it’s difficult to disassociate someone from their behaviour. No one’s saying ‘that serial killer is a great guy apart from when he’s off killing people!’
But my five year old … I love him, I do, but while I used to think that love would be enough to get us through the tough times it isn’t always and I do find some of his behaviour: the way he speaks to me and his anger / aggression levels so very hard to tolerate and it makes me feel like I don’t even like him.
I guess I’m asking how normal it is; I feel like as a parent I should always have his back and see the best in him.