Raising Children In God's Will (126) Chapter 2. Children's Love and Parents' Love Section 4. Love of Parents
6) The Specific Nature of the Love of Parents - 2
When we see children saying, "Mother is mine forever," that mother is happy giving the children her own flesh and blood.
When we see this, what is the point of it? Sacrificing for the sake of others. When we say we like our friends, it is because we sacrifice for them.
We are happy with giving to other people. We are happy because we sacrifice for the sake of others, wanting to give more even after we have given away our most precious possessions.
We do not give wanting to have it back again, but we give feeling ashamed that we have given so little. That is parents' love.
But the love of children is not like that. That is why the love of parents and the love of children are different.
Parents feel sad even when the are giving for not being able to give something better, while the children think, "I am a dutiful son," and feel satisfied.
That is why the love of parents and the love of children are different. Children say, "I did this much, but what have mom and dad done while I did it?"
There is a limit to the love of children. They cannot overcome this limit themselves, but the love of parents can win over this limit. (36-290)
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