I have two children whom I love dearly. I would do almost anything for them. I know in my heart that if needed I would lay my life on the line to protect them. Yet over the years, there have been numerous times that I have said no to their requests.
In most of those cases, they were asking for something that I knew was ultimately not good for them. Sometimes it broke my heart to say no to them. But as their father, I knew what was best for them in the larger scheme of things.
We have a phrase for children who are given everything that they ask for....