While all members of the community lend their energies to
educate children, the responsibility for the spiritual education of children
and youth does not rest solely upon the community, and the parents have a very
important role in training and educating their own children. As the House of
Justice stated in its Riḍván 2000 message, parents “should not ever
underestimate their capacity to mold their children’s moral character. For they
exercise indispensable influence through the home environment they consciously
create by their love of God, their striving to adhere to His laws, their spirit
of service to His Cause, their lack of fanaticism, and their freedom from the
corrosive effects of backbiting.”
- The Universal House of Justice (From a
letter dated 4 November 2019 written on behalf of the Universal House of
Justice to an individual believer)
