Family - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/family/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:04:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 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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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/do-bahais-celebrate-christmas/feed/ 3 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, 14 Sep 2024 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 Navigating Controversial Conversations With Friends and Family https://bahaiteachings.org/navigating-controversial-conversations-with-friends-and-family/ https://bahaiteachings.org/navigating-controversial-conversations-with-friends-and-family/#comments Sat, 17 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=64300 Navigating Controversial Conversations With Friends and FamilyHow can we discuss controversial topics more effectively without harming valuable friendships? How can we collectively become better at having these conversations? Over the years, I have had conversation after...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/navigating-controversial-conversations-with-friends-and-family/feed/ 1 Unraveling the Impact of Divorce on Children https://bahaiteachings.org/unraveling-the-impact-of-divorce-on-children/ https://bahaiteachings.org/unraveling-the-impact-of-divorce-on-children/#respond Thu, 30 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84258 Unraveling the Impact of Divorce on ChildrenThe renowned child psychologist Dr. Ali-Akbar Furutan, writing in his book Mothers, Fathers and Children, maintains that children of divorced parents suffer irreversible psychological damage. Do they? Psychology is the...

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