Raising Children In God's Will (144) Chapter 2. Children's Love and Parents' Love Section 5. The reason parents love their children
3) In order to reach a greater standard and goal of life - 2
The reason that parents love their children is not because parents want some reward for doing so, but because they want to love the children on a higher spiritual level in every way.
Then, what is the purpose for parents to love their children? They love their children not because they expect anything in reward for doing so, but because they hope to reach a greater standard and goal of life.
For this reason, parents not only love their children but also they hope that their children will be someone who is needed by the people, the nation, the world and a greater being, as well as by the parents themselves.
Parents do not love their children for the sake of the parents themselves but for the sake of something greater. That is parents' love toward their children. (49-180)
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