We talk of the mother-child relationship as a classic case of love, at least that is the convention. But see what happens when the child doesn’t live up to the parents’ expectations or, worse still, actively breaches what the parents want. There can be murders.
When the mind is such that it is looking at everything as an investment, as an opportunity, as something to be derived profits from, then obviously one would be looking at the persons in one’s life as opportunities, as investments, as profit centers.