Children are not our possessions, to be played with and bantered about at our whims Children are not made to satisfy our particular needs. Children are blessings.
Children are precious.
Children should not be abused. Used by politicians who are part of the anti-Castro Cuban community, or who are afraid of that same community. Used by people who want to honor the deadly flight to freedom attempted by Elian's mother. Used by family members, some of them extremely removed, who suddenly are gaining their proverbial 15 minutes of fame. The same goes for the two little girls of Tommie Granville Wynn, a mother in Washington state who has, through two marriages and a relationship, eight children in her blended family.