को: SocialRel ~> Recipient
Nouns such as "children" (which seems to be a fossilized expression from back when there were several competing postpositions for social relations) will have SocialRel↝Recipient. One interpretation is that the parents "receive" children, and that is why other social relations aren't included in this postposition. However, Old Hindi/Urdu seems not have had this restriction so it's iffy.
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adposition | को |
obj_case | |
construal | SocialRel↝Recipient |