Family - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/family/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:52:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 The Sanctity of Marriage and the Family https://bahaiteachings.org/the-sanctity-of-marriage-and-the-family/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-sanctity-of-marriage-and-the-family/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=28123 The-Sanctity-of-Marriage-and-the-FamilyThe Lord, peerless is He, hath made woman and man to abide with each other in the closest companionship, and to be even as a single soul. They are two...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-sanctity-of-marriage-and-the-family/feed/ 1 5 Ways to Raise Kind, Caring Children https://bahaiteachings.org/ways-to-raise-kind-caring-children/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ways-to-raise-kind-caring-children/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=30184 I pray for you that you may be informed by the life of the Divine Spirit, so that you may be the means of educating others. The life and morals...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ways-to-raise-kind-caring-children/feed/ 0 Navigating Our Obligations to an Abusive Parent https://bahaiteachings.org/navigating-our-obligations-to-an-abusive-parent/ https://bahaiteachings.org/navigating-our-obligations-to-an-abusive-parent/#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85320 illustration of mother and daughter in a long field looking at eachotherSeveral of my married friends now find themselves in the “sandwich generation” — working full time, parenting teenagers, and looking after aging parents. This has to be one of the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/navigating-our-obligations-to-an-abusive-parent/feed/ 1 What I’ve Learned as a Baha’i Mother https://bahaiteachings.org/what-ive-learned-as-a-bahai-mother/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-ive-learned-as-a-bahai-mother/#comments Sun, 10 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=54277 Modern society puts an inordinate amount of pressure on mothers, expecting them to ensure that their children are “successful” — that they have every advantage, that they have money, status,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-ive-learned-as-a-bahai-mother/feed/ 11 How to Be a More Spiritual Family https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-be-more-spiritual-family/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-be-more-spiritual-family/#respond Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=46719 The Baha’i teachings say that until the era when we achieve gender equality and universal education, we cannot even imagine the full spiritual powers an intergenerational family will reveal. In...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-be-more-spiritual-family/feed/ 0 How We Built a Step Family Through Emotional and Spiritual Tests https://bahaiteachings.org/how-we-built-step-family-through-emotional-spiritual-tests/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-we-built-step-family-through-emotional-spiritual-tests/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=46842 how-we-built-step-family-through-emotional-spiritual-tests-bahaiWhen I started dating my husband, I met his four-year-old son. Everything was peachy. We would all play together, hang out, watch movies. But not for long. RELATED: What I...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/building-family-unity-inside-out/feed/ 1 Pets: More than Just Animals https://bahaiteachings.org/pets-more-than-just-animals/ https://bahaiteachings.org/pets-more-than-just-animals/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=51933 Pets: More than Just AnimalsOne of my friends works for a company that manufactures and sells novelty items for pets.  Looking through their product catalogue, I was amused by many of the items; but...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/pets-more-than-just-animals/feed/ 15 For the Love of Family https://bahaiteachings.org/for-the-love-of-family/ https://bahaiteachings.org/for-the-love-of-family/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=40195 For the Love of FamilyAs I sat searching for a theme for my weekly newspaper column, numerous topics swirled and my mind kept spinning. So many topics, so little time. Literally so little time...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/for-the-love-of-family/feed/ 0 Do Baha’is Celebrate Christmas? https://bahaiteachings.org/do-bahais-celebrate-christmas/ https://bahaiteachings.org/do-bahais-celebrate-christmas/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66674 A smiling gingerbread man cookie. Do Bahá'ís celebrate Christmas?As Christmas and the end of the Gregorian calendar year approach, I see many questions on my Facebook feed, asking: Do Baha’is celebrate Christmas? And if so, how do they...

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