Livre d'Or

A classic example is the standard small-talk conversation with expectant parents, where the approved answer to "is it a boy or a girl?" is "I don't mind, as long as it's healthy".[...] But, you know what if the kid isn't healthy, what if it's born with or later acquires a serious illness or developmental issue? Are the parents going to love that child any less? Well, unfortunately, the world being what it is, they might, but they're probably not intending to declare that when they repeat the ritual phrase.

Surely it's the other way around. Because they will love it, they want it to be healthy, because to love someone is to want the best for them, and to be healthy is better than to be unhealthy?

That's always what I have thought it means, anyway.