Here comes the obedient child, up to my desk.

Where's the fun in reading about a good and obedient child?

Happy homes, with loyal husbands and obedient children, for wives.

From this day, I will be your obedient child.

They turned their faces to him like obedient children.

In that way, each person is turned into a reasoning adult, a subject and agent, as opposed to a child obedient to God.

He seemed to have lost all power of will; he was like an obedient child.

Like an obedient child, she forced herself to eat a little more than she really wanted.

Beldaran was an obedient child, and she accepted my decision without question.

She did as she was told, like an obedient child.