Child is born, it is she who has been endowed by God with the milk which
is the first food designed for it, and it is intended that, if possible,
she should be with the baby to train and nurture it in its earliest days
and months. This does not mean that the father does not also love, pray
for, and care for his baby, but as he has the primary responsibility of
providing for the family, his time to be with his child is usually
limited, while the mother is usually closely associated with the baby
during this intensely formative time when it is growing and developing
faster than it ever will again during the whole of its life. As the
child grows older and more independent, the relative nature of its
relationship with its mother and father modifies and the father can play
a greater role. (23 August 1984 to two believers) [75] IV. WOMEN IN THE
WORLD AT LARGE Extract From the Writings of Baha'u'llah 76: It is
enjoined upon every one of you to engage in some form of occupation,...
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