57: ...it is enjoined upon the father and mother, as a duty, to strive with all...
...it is enjoined upon the father and mother, as a duty, to strive with all effort to train the daughter and the son, to nurse them from the breast of knowledge and to rear them in the bosom of sciences and arts. Should they neglect this matter, they shall be held responsible and worthy of reproach in the presence of the stern Lord.
(“Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá”, sec. 98, p. 127) [57]
58: O ye loving mothers, know ye that in God’s sight, the best of all ways to...
O 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 perfections of humankind; and no nobler deed than this can be imagined.
(“Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá”, sec. 144, p. 139) [58]