The purport is this, that to train the character of
humankind is one of the weightiest commandments of God, and the influence of
such training is the same as that which the sun exerteth over tree and fruit.
Children must be most carefully watched over, protected and trained; in such consisteth
true parenthood and parental mercy.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, from a Tablet; The
Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Education)
