History Main / ChildHater

** [[SadistTeacher Crocker]] too. Maybe [[SitcomArchNemesis Dinkleberg.]] ('''[[UnknownRival Dinkleberg...]]''') Crocker does have one sole exception. [[spoiler:Ironically, it's Poof. Who happens to be a fairy, but Crocker briefly raised him as if he was his own son and genuinely cares for him.]]

A Child Hater can be either gender, and often either a [[RichBitch glamorous woman with a shallow personality]], or a [[GrumpyOldMan bitter, cantankerous old man]]. The fact that they themselves were once a child never seems entirely relevant to them, though, in a few cases, said child hater [[FreudianExcuse may have had]] [[MaddenIntoMisanthropy a difficult childhood]] filled with trying to deal with [[KidsAreCruel other, less than kind children]], or may have become embittered by an early adulthood of dealing with kids at their worst. Ironically, for [[RuleOfDrama some reason]] they have a tendency to have a career that involves working with children, such as a camp counselor or a SadistTeacher. They may be in a job that focuses on children (teacher, host of a children's TV show, toymaker), or as a particular type of DepravedKidsShowHost. Otherwise, they are likely to become a CrankyNeighbor who [[FunHatingConfiscatingAdult confiscates any toy or other plaything of theirs that lands on their property]].

Another variant is a teenager or young adult who hates anyone more than a few years younger than them, generally for presumed immaturity--which ironically tends to make them come off as very [[ManChild childish]] [[{{Hypocrite}} themselves]].

** [[Characters/HarryPotter Argus Filch]]. Filch's hatred of students comes from the fact that he is a squib who hates most magical folk while having a job with children who enjoy using magic rather than genuine hatred for children in particular. It does not help that Filch's job is to clean up after children and fix the things they break, which is a full-time job.

* In the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' films (but not the book), Dr. Alan Grant starts out not liking kids very much. He doesn't exactly hate them, he just doesn't particularly ''like'' them. In his introductory scene, he goes out of his way to scare the hell out of a mouthy kid who annoys him, then gives his colleague Ellie Sattler a list of all the reasons he dislikes children. However, after getting lost in the park with two kids who have only him to help them while the park's ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is on the prowl, [[AnAesop he finds his natural parental instincts getting the better of him]]. By midway through the film, he doesn't mind them [[SleepCute napping on his shoulder and such]].

* {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Helena in ''Literature/{{The Hike|2023}}'', who doesn't despise children but doesn't enjoy being around them for long periods - the only exception being Maggie's three year old daughter Phoebe, who she adores - and is convinced she isn't patient or selfless enough to be a mother; she's stated for years that she never wants children and it was the main reason her last serious relationship ended, as her ex [[DifferingPriortiesBreakUp changed his mind regarding that subject]]. She's shocked when she finds part of herself ''does'' want children after finding out she might be pregnant (and learning her ex now has a daughter), despite her current lifestyle being ill-suited to have children and her not even being in a relationship. [[spoiler:It's later {{subverted|Trope}}, with Helena realising that she wants children but was afraid of failing as a mother, and deciding to keep her unplanned pregnancy]].