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76. Unto every father hath been enjoined the instruction of his son and daughter in the art of reading and writing # 48 |
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá, in His Tablets, not only calls attention to the
responsibility of parents to educate all their children, but
He also clearly specifies that the “training and culture of
daughters is more necessary than that of sons”, for girls will one
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day be mothers, and mothers are the first educators of the
new generation. If it is not possible, therefore, for a family
to educate all the children, preference is to be accorded to
daughters since, through educated mothers, the benefits of
knowledge can be most effectively and rapidly diffused
throughout society.
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