Life's own longing Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash 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. At least some of you might have read these wise lines by Lebanese-American poet, painter & philosopher, Khalil Gibran. The first time I happened to read them, I was not a parent and I definitely wasn't wise. Having two kids and getting older with aging parents surely grants some wisdom and only now I can understand the true meaning of those lines. I chose to write about a sensitive (and very likely a controversial) topic today because of a discussion that I had a few months back on our family group. The discussion revealed many valid pain points and an in-depth understanding of each point drew my attention to the first principles of our relationships with ourselves, each other, and most importantly with our children. The lines in the ...