Neighborhood children’s classes have proven to be a most
promising development that has attracted to the Faith many families concerned
about the spiritual and moral education of their children, and the friends
should not underestimate the effect upon their own children when becoming
involved in them. Indeed, many stories have been received that describe a
strengthening of Bahá’í identity as Bahá’í children participate in classes with
children from the wider society. With respect to the concern that the
neighborhood classes do not yet fully meet the needs of Bahá’í children, it is
expected that, through experience and consultation with the relevant
institutions, the classes held in neighborhoods will continually improve until
they equal or surpass the standard of the previous classes.
(From a letter
dated 11 January 2009 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an
individual believer)
