The question of the training and education of children in
case one of the parents is a non-Baha’i is one which solely concerns the
parents themselves, who should decide about it the way they find best and most
conducive to the maintenance of the unity of their family, and to the future
welfare of their children. Once the child comes of age, however, he should be
given full freedom to choose his religion, irrespective of the wishes and
desires of his parents.
- Shoghi Effendi (From
a message dated 14 December 1940, written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi; ‘Dawn of
a New Day’)
