Agreed
Also a father would believe his child is more precious than a child of another. Obviously the author does not have such feelings for his own child.
Remember this video after the terrorist attact in Paris? The father said to his frighten son who wanted to leave, we are French, we don’t have to change house or fight, because we have
flowers and candles”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAbw5JlS6SE