C769 The Use of Prophets(2)

"Shackles are a good word."

A child is a chain. Children in their teens might have complained about their parents when they were rebellious, but their parents had even more complaints about them. They just endured it. Without a child, how easy could life be? Now, no one would expect their child to support them in their old age.

"They want to take care of their own grandchildren