They are gifts.  My children are gifts to my husband and me.  Not only is the Bible very clear on that, but our experience bears it out as well.

Why would I give them away?

Why would I send them away from me, to sit at the feet of someone else to be discipled, influenced, changed?

Why would I give away their daily best hours of energy, enthusiasm, joy, fun, to someone else so that I can be left with the dregs?

Why would I give away the joy of seeing my child change from pre-operational to operational in math;  watching as reading "clicks" for her; sitting shoulder to shoulder as she finally gets her hands to do what she wants them to do; hearing her excitement as mysteries of the world open up to her?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?