So mother Yashoda, Nanda and other elderly gopis, they used to treat Krsna as son, as beloved son, because if we accept God as father or mother... There is conception of mother also. The saktas... There are many devotees of Durga, Kali. They also accept the mother. The Christians accept as father. The conception of father and mother, that is good, but there is little service... Because children, they take service from the mother and father. They give, render very little service to the father and mother. Every children, every man, every woman has taken so much services from the father and mother. Everyone knows that. Just like those who are mothers here, how much service they are giving to the little children, how much careful they are that their child may not be in some difficulty, always anxious. Similarly, this philosophy, to accept God as son, means opportunity for rendering more service than to accept God as father.
Leсture on Shrimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.11-12, Los Angeles, 17 September 1972