أهمية تعليم الأطفال

كلمة لحضرة عبد البهاء توضح أهمية تعليم الأطفال: يجب على الأباء والأمهات أن يقوموا على تشجيع الأولاد فى السنوات الأولى من العمرعلى إجادة كل انواع العلوم ، و يصبحوا مهرة في كل الفنون -- لان الهدف , بفضل الله, أن يصبح قلب كل طفل من الأطفال مرآة لكشف اسرار الكون وسبر غور حقيقة الأشياء .......بالتأكيد ، بالتأكيد .....لا اهمال في تعليم الاطفال.

Exert every effort to acquire the various branches of knowledge and true understanding. Strain every nerve to achieve both material and spiritual accomplishments. Encourage the children from their earliest years to master every kind of learning, and make them eager to become skilled in every art--the aim being that through the favouring grace of God, the heart of each one may become even as a mirror disclosing the secrets of the universe, penetrating the innermost reality of all things; and that each may earn world-wide fame in all branches of knowledge, science and the arts.
Certainly, certainly, neglect not the education of the children. Rear them to be possessed of spiritual qualities, and be assured of the gifts and favours of the Lord.
"Abdu'l-Baha Tablet translated "