“Sons and daughters do not belong to us. They are not a projection of our desires or an extension of our frustrations. They are unique and irreplaceable individuals with the right to write their own story.
By giving them life, we do not acquire authority over their destiny. We are only the means through which nature repeats and renews itself. Life was not given to us to be possessed, but to be continued. Raising children is not molding them in our own image, but accompanying them with respect as they emerge as individuals. The task of a parent is not to dictate the path, but to prepare the child to choose it. Limiting their freedom in the name of love is a form of control, of domination disguised as protection. Those who truly love, liberate. Those who fear, hold back.
We must humbly accept that children do not owe us eternal obedience, but lucid gratitude. We give them life and, with it, the inalienable right to live it as they see fit.”
Prabhuji
