“ Awake! ” responds: The phrase “unconditional love ” was used to suggest that parents should not imply that their love for their children is fragile or tenuous ​ — that it might be withdrawn at any moment because of some failing on the child’s part or that the child is obliged to earn parental love by doing everything just right. ​ — Ephesians 6: 4; Colossians 3: 21.