Children are truly blessed when their mothers help them learn the laws of God and praiseworthy behavior. These children will become like fruitful trees, being of service to the world and pleasing in the sight of God. Abdul Baha says it is the mother who helps her children be happy, successful, courteous, wise, learned, and spiritual. He also says,
"If a mother is well educated, her children will also be well taught. If the mother is wise, the children will be wise, if the mother is religious, the children will also be religious. If the mother is a good woman, then the children will also be good. The future generation depends then on the mothers of today.
The following questions will be key if the society envisioned the significant role of the mothers:
Why is the role of mothers so important?
Why does the next generation depend on the mothers of today?
How can we help one another to be better mothers?
Mothers help their children become happy, courteous, wise, and spiritual.
There is a very beautiful quotation portraying the role of motherhood which said:
" wherefore, ye loving mothers, know ye that in God's sight, the best of all ways to worship Him is to educate the children and train them in all the perfection of humankind; and no nobler deed than this can be imagined...."
The area of the proper education of motherhood seems to be a very lucrative domain if the present-day society wants better to be truly happy.
The Prosperity of the Society begins in the Family unit.
All the divine educators taught us that marriage and the family are holy. Baha'u'llah says that the most important purpose of marriage is to raise children who will know and worship God. Teaching children to know and worship God is the job of the family. It is called spiritual education. Children must be taught about God, to obey His laws, develop divine qualities, and know the difference between right and wrong. These are the most important things that a child will ever learn.
There are many kinds of literature and holy writing on the proper education of children. The best time to start educating children spiritually is long before they start school.
Spiritual education begins before a child is born when people pray for the unborn baby. Spiritual education continues after the child is born and as he grows up. It cannot wait until the child goes to school.
Spiritual education is the job of the family and not the school.
Even after children have started school parents must continue to educate them.
Abdul Baha says parents must counsel their children over a long period.
Further questions for deliberations:
What is the most important purpose of marriage?
What is spiritual education?
Who is responsible for the spiritual education of children?
Why is it important to counsel your children over a long period?
when teaching our children to have good character, we must remember that it happens slowly. We cannot expect our children to learn divine virtues quickly.
There's a story about a Baha'i who was unhappy because it was hard for him to grow spiritually. The Master encourages him by saying, little by little, day by day.
Creative writing says that we must teach our children about religion. Creative writing also says training children to have good character is one of the most important commandments of God.
Character training means that parents must teach their children divine qualities such as love, honesty, and truthfulness, and the difference between right and wrong.
The purpose of marriage is to reproduce. God is always happy when parents are taking care of the children and nurturing them in the way of God by inculcating into them good morals and virtues. Mothers especially should focus on their children and it depends on them what they want them to become.