... children are like a branch ...

[Baha’i Writings Service]

Children are even as a branch that is fresh and green; they will grow up in whatever way ye train them. Take the utmost care to give them high ideals and goals, so that once they come of age, they will cast their beams like brilliant candles on the world, ...

Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá

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