“How I Grew to HATE My Son”

“What if you give birth to a son who is the opposite of a hero; a child who ruins everything he touches and squanders every opportunity, shows nothing but spite and throws everything you give him back at you with unbridled anger and resentment? Could you still admire and love your child then? For more than a decade, that was my awful dilemma, as it slowly became clear that my son was a selfish loser; the sort of child whom other people would cross the street to avoid. And on one sweltering summer’s day in 2008, I finally decided I’d had enough.”
 — The Daily Mail presents its own one-entry bracket. (There is a happy ending.)