Many forms of obligation, debt bondage, and slavery were part of seventeenth century southeast Asian societies in which people from different nations and backgrounds coexisted. This chapter aims at analyzing Juan de Paz’s views on the selling of children by their parents and their purchase by Christians and missionaries. Based on his responses, we will explore the difficult conditions in which people lived in China and the Philippines, the strategies used to escape poverty, and the arguments behind the selling of your own child. Furthermore, the two cases selected, read together, will allow the readers to understand Juan de Paz’s opinions that reflect a pragmatic understanding of colonial life. His combination of practical knowledge and the application of moral theology informs us about the complex reality in which Europeans lived in the Asian context.