The New North Pole
He felt sorry for the kid, relieved that the child had not made a fuss, and knew deep down that the rational response to being declined could only help in the parents/child bond later in life.
Inductions and Educations
"well, to be fair, there's also the issue of abuse... particularly in parent-child relationships, it's basically impossible for the child to give informed consent, obviously. but again, that hardly applies here.
Mafia Intern
Speaking of, where are your parents kid? isn't this supposed to be your birthday party?" asked mr. feldman. "no way your parents would let you join the luciano's, let alone be with a guy like king here, no offense."
Kayla: Living to Adapt
On a roll, alex had a hard time getting any sort of word edge-wise on her; quite the opposite to how most parent-child relationships worked.
How Shadows Taste
Daniel had earned a way to resemble his mentor, his surrogate father, scruggs, even more...he was no longer his parents' child, if he had ever been, but now he had eaten of forbidden, hideous
New World, Part one: The bow is drawn
Usually that is restricted to parent-child donations, but it appears that your cousin was close enough genetically to be included in your gift of life.