It's much more than that. It is a child life-form we've given birth to. And it follows similar patterns to those of our biological children.
a) Eventually, the child becomes stronger and more able than the parent, while the parent gradually becomes weaker and less fit to continue living.
b) The child's behavior into adolescence is largely determined by the parents. Then the child gradually becomes more independent in its thinking, though still largely guided by patterns instilled by the parents.
c) The child eventually becomes strong enough to provide for their parents -- or destroy them. How they approach this power is also strongly influenced by their childhood treatment.
My takeaway from this thinking: Stop cursing out your phone when it's slower than you'd like in fetching what you asked for. :)