Ownership in this sense is about covenantal responsibility, not property. And if that offends you, the problem isn’t slavery, it’s that you’ve accepted the state’s definition of personhood, where children “belong to themselves” at 13 and parents are just moral consultants.

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She should make her own life choices.

Yes, and she will. But not while she’s still in her father’s house. And Lord willing, she won’t be entering adulthood as a blank slate with no compass because her father was too cowardly to draw a line in the sand.

A wise daughter may choose her path. But a faithful father clears the weeds and points to the path worth walking. Laser’s not making gods of his daughters. He’s refusing to worship their autonomy.