Dominating love in the beloved and secrets and liesChildren are protected from evil in the world by their parents, especially by their mothers. An excerpt written by Kahilil Girbran, The Prophet, explains a vision of the parent/child relationship. “And a woman who held a baby to her breast said: Tell us about children. And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of the desire of life. They come from you but not of you, and although they are with you, they do not belong to you. You can give them your love but not your thoughts, because they have their own. thoughts. You can house their bodies but not their souls, because their souls live in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, even in your dreams. You can strive to be like them, but not try to make them like you. Because life does not go backwards and does not take away the past. You are the bows from which your children are shot like living arrows. The archer sees the mark on the path to infinity, and he bends you with his power so that his arrows can go fast. and far. May your bow in the archer's hand be for joy; For as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves the bow that is steady. » - Kahlil Girbran (17-18) Girbran's vision of childhood is very good. writing. It explains to parents what place their children occupy in their own thoughts and feelings. Their children accompany them all their lives, but they belong to their own lives. Throughout childhood, love within the family can be very strong. The bond between a mother and her child is almost indestructible. It is amazing that a person was created and lived in a body for nine months. Parents are described as “the bows from which your children are shot like living arrows.” (Gibran, 17) Their job is to raise their children to the best of their ability until they are old enough to be on their own. Mothers never want anything bad to happen to their own children. Sometimes they fail to let their children grow up like others. They are very overprotective and want to isolate their child from danger. In the film Secrets and Lies and Toni Morrison's book, Beloved, overprotective mothers are key characters..