Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you and not from you,
And though they are with you yet they beong not to you.
You may give your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
-Kahlil Gibran