Encourage Spirituality in Children
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When in Bahá'í history
The Master loved children. It was observed that “many of His talks were given as He sat with His arm encircling one of them.” To parents He would speak in the following vein: “Give this child a good education; make every effort that it may have the best you can afford, so that it may be enabled to enjoy the advantage of this glorious age. Do all you can to encourage spirituality in them.”
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), no. 15, “Encourage spirituality in children”, p. 140.
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