If we constantly belittle those we love, work with, or consider friends without trying to be malicious or hurtful, then maybe the darts and gibes of others should not be treated so seriously by us. They may not mean anything more than a momentary quick thought. They may speak less of us than of the speaker. Parents may not reject sons and daughters. They are not allowed to.
Parenthood is a sacred trust.
It's a holy obligation. Mothers and fathers have to fortify their children with love and encouragement, warmth, the feeling of being needed and wanted. If our children are to face rejection, let us have inoculated them with our love and with a sense of security that we are with them, so that no matter what comes, they will be able to meet it sensibly. Children have to be careful not to reject their parents. It hurts as a parent to give your children everything as they are growing up, to sacrifice for them, and then as they get on with their lives, to feel a total sense that you are no longer significant, that you no longer matter.