that in actual fact no one has any right over another.....
We do not have any right over anyone - not over our children, or spouse, or friends, or anyone...
By extension, we would also do very well to remember that no one has any right over us either. We unthinkingly give others a right over us or try to establish our right over others.....and this has only one ending - grief....for we are all persons in our own rights....we have been created so.
We can make relationships - create them.....of liking/love or hate (which is the shortest path to self-destruction)...of friendships, of husbands or wives, or any other....but these we are making and therefore those are of choice......
The relationship with our children falls into place when we remember Gibran's words that children are Life's gift to us....and looking after our children is a divine duty which is complete in itself.
Relationships do not give one rights over the other....never....
By their nature, there are spaces in relationships, so while relationships have claims, they must never invade that very private space each person has around her/him, or they will destroy the relationship...simply because a relationship has been chosen/made/created.......
Rights, relationships, all these go on to prove that each of us has a duty towards ourselves....and if we don't understand this, life will teach it to us anyway....