Do Mothers Own Their Children?

My answer to that question is no.  I believe the children own the parents. From a biblical prospective, children are only given to parents temporarily.  Psalms 127:3 teaches that "children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward."  Parents have an obligation to raise their children in a manner parallel to biblical standards—and ultimately in a way that gives us back to Christ. Our parents raise us, teach us, and nurture us. As we get older, we move on and we move away. We are then in a sense given back to the world to discover things on our own and to become our own missionary.