A Scenario ?

[anneasquith]

your child is accused of a heinous crime, you despise the crime, do you still love your child ?

[RATTER15]

Love the child but hate the crime!

I think Woof has summed it up really, I think if my child had been a really unpleasant and uncontrollable person then this would probably be the last straw. I think if that if my child had done something so dreadful as a one off, I would want to talk and try and understand what was going on in his head or why he done it.

I am a father of three.

[1ndex]

If my son left his pregnant wife with 3 tots I would disown him

[Georgiesmum]

Even if you didnt approve or understand their crime, a mothers love is unconditional.

[woofgang]

not so georgiesmum.

[kylesmum]

No.

A mothers love is not unconditional, it may be misguided at times but i'm sure when the chips were down I wouldn't love my child if he/she committed a heinous act.

[Jeza]

Have any of the people who have answered ever been in this position. I have, and no I won't go in to detail.

[woofgang]

no but my mother in law did, as wife to her other child, I was involved peripherally.

[RATTER15]

Jeza, I have as a step father in a previous marriage, my step son was not a nice lad, His mother loved him desperately, she always said "love the criminal, hate the crime" I was never fond of him, he was killed by a knife through the heart while asleep.

[anneasquith]

ratter, thats awful. :(

[RATTER15]

Anne it was awful but I always suspected it would happen, he had been in prison twice. I never boded with him as a step-father, he was even unpleasant as an 8 year old, very sad really, the other children were very different indeed.

[ummmm]

I don't think love is unconditional.

[anneasquith]

so ratter, did his mother, still love him even though he was ( unpleasant ) ?

[MadMen]

Blimey Ratter, that's awful! :-(

I don't think I can answer this, without ever being in that situation.
I would like to say yes, but I'm not so sure.