My youngest is 2 and a half and I genuinely believe she hates me. She doesn't just tantrum, I went through tantrums with my elder 2 (now 5 and 9) but she is violent; she hits, bites, pulls hair, pinches, kicks - but only me. Never anyone else. If her sisters get in her way she might give them a smack in anger, she has occasionally bitten them if she's very angry, but nothing compared to the assault she launches at me daily. Daddy doesn't get so much as a flick. He still gets tantrums and lots of screaming but no violence. I'm finding it increasingly hard to keep my patience and not take it personally. It feels very personal. I feel like the worst mother in the world.