Guest post by "Ranthog" Without love that statement would be empty, but unconditional love is our default assumption of what should exist in a parent to child relationship. I suppose you could work it into that type of statement, but I certainly assumed it from the context.
Also, any statement to an acquaintance about how you love your child is pretty empty. Given society's expectations someone who loves their child will say that and someone who doesn't will lie.
