QUOTE : You even need to rejoice when they want to leave home and do their own thing, whether that involves joining the Navy or going away to college. Hopefully, as a parent, you actually are preparing for them to grow up—and not just to keep having nice conversations with Mom. “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Gen. 2:24). Sons leave, daughters are given. There are many sentimental, conservative, and evangelical parents who are at war with this and want to put that day off. When parents chafe because their children have jobs or spouses and children which prevent them from spending time with them, they are struggling against the way God designed the world.