> And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. > And he said: > Your children are not your children. > They are t

> And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. > And he said: > Your children are not your children. > They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. > They come through you but not from you, > And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. Kahlil Gibran, On Children https://poets.org/poem/children-1 https://poets.org/poem/children-1