The Baha'i community believes a child is like a mine rich in gems of inestimable value and that education is what allows their potential to flower. Perhaps teaching virtues is a rhythm of life for the whole family to practice and should not be done only when a child has misbehaved. It requires developing new habits. It requires us to tend to our garden. The balance is tricky. Opinions, judgments and parenting styles are many, and we feel the consequences so deeply.
Learning how to talk as a family, to explore virtues and spiritual qualities, can be such a foundational attribute that all can develop. For parents it becomes so important to model virtues to demonstrate how they can be expressed to our children. Of course, the powerful effect of teaching and disciplining based on virtues will not be seen overnight. Imagine, though, if every bedtime story was dedicated to highlight those family principles. Little by little, day by day, these principles form the cornerstone of a strong family.
We use language to make other people feel good. Emeric (Chicago, IL)
All can participate and contribute to neighborhood spiritual education for children, and join the Baha’i community in learning to tend to these precious resources.
×Baha’is work to build an open community striving for spiritual and social transformation throughout the world.
The Baha’i Faith teaches that there is one God, that all humanity is one family and that there is a fundamental unity underlying religion.
Founded by Baha’u’llah in the mid-1800s, the Baha’i Faith is among the fastest-growing of the world’s religions.
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×All can participate and contribute to neighborhood spiritual education for children, and join the Baha’i community in learning to tend to these precious resources.
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