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# Children are not possessions. Echoing Kahlil...
> Children are not possessions. Echoing Kahlil Gibran, children come through their parents but do not belong to them, so parents can know and love them but cannot own them.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Live Callers on Purpose, Grief, Healing, and Non-Attachment - Workbook|Live Callers on Purpose, Grief, Healing, and Non-Attachment]]
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“Children are not possessions. Echoing Kahlil Gibran, children come through their parents but do not belong to them, so parents can know and love them but cannot own them.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-children-possessions-echoing-love-cannot-own
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