e precepts of God and the holy Law, suckle your
children from...

...following the precepts of God and the holy Law, suckle your children
from their infancy with the milk of a universal education, and rear them
so that from their earliest days, within their inmost heart, their very
nature, a way of life will be firmly established that will conform to the
divine Teachings in all things.

For mothers are the first educators, the first mentors; and truly it is
the mothers who determine the happiness, the future greatness, the
courteous ways and learning and judgement, the understanding and the faith
of their little ones.

("Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha", sec. 96, p. 126) [56]

57: ...it is enjoined upon the father and mother, as a duty, to strive
with all...

...it is enjoined upon the father and mother, as a duty, to strive with
all effort to train the daughter and the son, to nurse them from the
breast of knowledge and to rear them in the bosom of sciences and arts.
Should they neglect this matter, they shall be held responsible and worthy
of reproach in the presence of the stern Lord.

("Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha", sec. 98, p. 127) [57]

58: O ye loving mothers, know ye that in God's sight, the best of all ways
to...

O ye loving mothers, know ye that in God's sight, the best of all ways to
worship Him is to educate the children and train them in all the
perfections of humankind; and no nobler deed than this can be imagined.

("Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha", sec. 144, p. 139) [58]

59: Note ye how easily, where unity existeth in a given family, the
affairs of...

Note ye how easily, where unity existeth in a given family, the affairs of
that family are conducted; what progress the members of that family make,
how they prosper in the world. Their concerns are in order, they enjoy
comfort and tranquillity, they are secure, their position is assured, they
come to be envied by all. Such a family but addeth to its stature and its
lasting honour, as day succeedeth day....

("Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha", sec. 221, p. 279) [59]

60: You have asked whether a husband would be able to prevent his wife
from...

You have asked whether a husband would be able to prevent his wife from
embracing the divine light or a wife dissuade her husband from gaining
entry into the Kingdom of God. In truth neither of them could prevent th