Your children
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of the longing
of life for themselves
You may give them your love,
but not your thoughts,
for they have their own thoughts.
You may give their bodies a house,
but not their souls,
for their souls live in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit,
not even in your dreams.
(Excerpt from The Prophet – Your Children by Khalil Gibran)