Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 418.

YOUCAT Question n. 418 - What is the significance of the child in a marriage?

(Youcat answer) A child is a creature and a gift of God, which comes to earth through the love of his parents.

A deepening through CCC

(CCC 2378) A child is not something owed to one, but is a gift. The "supreme gift of marriage" is a human person. A child may not be considered a piece of property, an idea to which an alleged "right to a child" would lead. In this area, only the child possesses genuine rights: the right "to be the fruit of the specific act of the conjugal love of his parents," and "the right to be respected as a person from the moment of his conception"  (CDF, Donum vitae II, 8).   

Reflecting and meditating 

(Youcat comment) True love does not desire a couple to be self-contained. Love opens up in the child. A child that has been conceived and born is not something “made”, nor is he the sum of his paternal and maternal genes. He is a completely new and unique creature of God, equipped with his own soul. The child therefore does not belong to the parents and is not their property. 

(CCC Comment)

(CCC 2398) Fecundity is a good, a gift and an end of marriage. By giving life, spouses participate in God's fatherhood.

(The next question is: How many children should a Christian married couple have?)