Children in marriage
From Bahai9
Desirability for those who cannot have children of adopting education responsibilities of a child
"Those without children should, if possible, make themselves responsible for the education of a child."
- (Attributed to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 'Abdu'l-Bahá in London, p. 91)
Can truly have a family life only when there is a child
"The new child which will soon be given to you by God is, indeed, a divine blessing, of which you should feel proud, and of the manifold responsibilities and obligations which it necessarily entails you should become fully aware. It is now that you can truly say that you have a family life. Without a child there can be no family, and through him the bonds of love and of service can be truly and strongly maintained between the wife and husband."
- (On behalf of the Guardian, 4 November 1933, at http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file=compilation_naming_babies )
