- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2018).
- Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2023). 80 selections, updated August 2023.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). 167 selections, updated August 2023.
- Peter J. Khan. Address at Queen's Birthday Weekend Conference, Aukland (2000-06). Addresses a variety of issues facing the Bahá'í community, especially as pertains to New Zealand Bahá'ís.
- Universal House of Justice. Adoption and Parent Consent (2003-09). Short compilation of extracts from letters written on behalf of the House on various matters relating to adoption.
- Universal House of Justice. Age Fifteen as the Age of Spiritual Maturity, The (1998-06-16). On the meaning of maturity and why 15 is considered the age that a believer can take control of his spiritual destiny.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Answered Questions, Some (2014). 'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in ‘Akká between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions posed by Laura Dreyfus-Barney; first published in 1908, the new 2014 edition has been extensively retranslated.
- Universal House of Justice. Apparent Contradictions in the Bahá'í Writings, Reconciliation of (2002-05-28). On apparent contradictions, regarding Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl on Abraham and Zoroaster; 'Abdu'l-Bahá and a Baby Naming Ceremony; Minimum Age of Marriage; Smoking and Firmness in the Covenant; Corporal Punishment; Táhirih as "Woman Suffragette."
- Nossrat Peseschkian. Applications of Positive Psychotherapy for Marriage and Family Therapy (1983). To understand observed behaviour, we need to consider transcultural conditions as well as those in the personal history of the patient. This approach underlies the author's concept for a conflict-centred therapy.
- Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Babies, on the Naming of (1998?).
- Peter Terry, comp. Bahá'í Education: Sources of Guidance (2007). A lengthy compilation covering many subjects of interest to parents, teachers, and students, such as education principles, curricula, pedagogy, psychology, gender, infants, and institutions.
- Alí-Akbar Furútan. Bahá'í Education for Children: A Teacher's Guide (1999/2004). A series of six books on teaching children, organized by age.
- Dianne Bradford, Fiona Missaghian, Udo Schaefer, Robert Stockman. Jonah Winters, comp. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin (2004). Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college course at Hofstra University, New York, fall 2001.
- Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian. Bahá'í Perspective on Drug Abuse Prevention, A (1991-01). Article from the publication of the International Drug Control Programme and distributed as a BIC document.
- Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh, ed. Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights (2001). Articles by Kiser Barnes, Greg Duly, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims, Graham Hassall, Darren Hedley, Nazila Ghanea-Hercock,
Chichi Layor, Michael Penn, Martha Schweitz, and Albert Lincoln.
- Daniel C. Jordan. Becoming Your True Self (1968). The nature of human potential, and how the Bahá'í Faith can guide the process of spiritual transformation.
- Bahá'í International Community. Beyond Legal Reforms: Culture and Capacity in the Eradication of Violence Against Women and Girls (2006-07-02). Statement on the epidemic of violence against women around the world, as perpetuated by social norms, religious fanaticism, and economic and political exploitation; necessary educational objectives and legal frameworks.
- Haig V. Setrakian, Marc B. Rosenman, Kinga A. Szucs. Breastfeeding and the Bahá'í Faith (2011). The Writings reference breast-feeding literally and symbolically, and provide guidance as to its practice. As the ideal form of infant nutrition, breastfeeding women are exempted from fasting, and it is linked to childhood moral development.
- Harlan Carl Scheffler. Challenge: Helping Our Children Find Meaning and Purpose (2006). Part one of the book The Quest.
- Kamelia Khoshmashrab. Child of Mine (2015). A composition for expectant parents, featuring quotations from the Bahá’í Writings on topics such as pre-pregnancy, infant health, naming a child, parental roles, and postpartum depression.
- Nancy A. Davis. Children (2009). On persons in the stages of life from conception, when the soul comes into being, to the age of fifteen, the beginning of spiritual maturity or adulthood.
- Universal House of Justice. Children, Oppression of (1985). Discussion of the oppression of children at the hands of exploitative individuals and solace for those who have suffered such treatment.
- Boris Handal. Classroom Management in Action (2005). A guide to managing behavior in everyday situations, presented in the form of learning scenarios. Each scenario represents a familiar theme with diverse educational concepts, to spark group discussions and help teachers reflect on their own practices.
- Rhett Diessner. Cognitive-Developmental Psychology and the Baha'i Faith: Meaningful Connections (1995-04). Some major concepts shared by Bahá'ís and adherents of cognitive-developmentalism; avenues of communication between members of the Bahá'í Faith and the therapeutic community.
- Ros Gabriel. Community as Family, The: Opportunities of Growth (1995).
- Kiser Barnes, comp. Compilation: Blessings in Teaching Children (2003). Writings on the subject of the teaching and education of children.
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Dear Parent ... a Message to a non-Bahá'í Parent: Warwick Leaflets (2000). A letter written to the parents of British Bahá'í converts to dispel anxiety and misinformation.
- Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. R. Behi, ed. Divine Education: The Root of Knowledge (1973-04). On Bahá'í families and raising children to appreciate Bahá'í principles.
- Cyrus Rohani. Early Childhood Education (2010-01). Education is a continuous and creative process which fulfils the moral potential of each individual. Its aim is to develop the capacities latent in human nature and to coordinate their expression for the enrichment and transformation of society.
- Susan Clay Stoddart. Education and Moral Development in Children (1988). We are caught between the imperative to function as a world culture and a belief that we need to maintain separate racial, cultural, and ethnic identities; strategies that parents and teachers can use to help children develop an identity with all peoples.
- Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. Education of Children (1974). On Bahá'í families and raising children to appreciate Bahá'í principles.
- Sandra Rowden-Rich. Education of Children: Principles before Pragmatism (1995).
- Habib Taherzadeh. Education of Youth and Our Twentieth Century Dilemma, The (1959 August). Moral education is lacking in modern societies. Bahá'í moral precepts can guide us towards the goal of moral evolution, to usher in the Golden Age of human maturity and the dawn of Divine Civilization on this planet.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Education, Bahá'í (1991).
- Sheila Banani. Eyes of the Children, The (1986). One poem inspired by female infanticide in China.
- Moojan Momen. Family in Bahá'í Faith, The (1996). Overview of Bahá'í teachings on marriage, children, and education.
- Stephen Hall. Family in Bahá'í Society, The: A Unique Approach to Curriculum Development (1995). Educational ideas from Dr. Dwight Allen and Dr. Farzan Arbab.
- Sen McGlinn. Family Law in Iran (2001). Detailed overview of 20th-century Iranian laws regarding marriage, divorce, marriage rights and duties, dowry, and inheritance. Contains passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith.
- Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Family Life (2008). Extracts on preserving the bond between husband and wife, parent-child relationships and responsibilities, and enhancing family life.
- Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Family Life (1991).
- Robert Weinberg. First Obligation, The: Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund (1998). Bio prepared for the UK Bahá'í Centenary (1998-99).
- National Bahá'í Education Task Force. Foundations for a Spiritual Education: Research of the Bahá'í Writings (2005). A sourcebook of Bahá'í principles for the training of children, covering the purpose and content of a core spiritual curriculum, as well as a process framework for spiritual education.
- Naghme Naseri Morlock. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States (2023). The denial of a national identity of Bahá'ís in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differences between immigrant and American Bahá'ís; the importance of religious identity; how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated.
- Harvard Pluralism Project: Baha'i (2023). Six overview essays on Bahá'í history, beliefs, and practices. (Offsite)
- Brian Kurzius. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life (2007). Compilation of Bahá'í texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
- Greg Duly. Human Rights and the Rights of the Child: Implications for Children's Participation in the Bahá'í Community (2001). Are human rights universal? Do rights have spiritual or religious influences? What is the relevance of child rights and prospects of children’s participation in the Bahá’í community?
- Duane L. Herrmann. I Found You! (2014-11). Allegory of a little boy's new adventures in a new country with his mother, who had been lost.
- Ross Woodman. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul (1993). Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. The bridegroom, Bahá'ulláh, enters union as the marriage of the Manifestation with the Maid of Heaven, who releases the Logos and the newly created soul.
- Universal House of Justice. Iranian Believers Throughout the World, Message to (1997). Inspirational discussion of the history of the Bahá'ís in Iran, including exhortations for the education of Persian children and youth.
- Josephina Fallscheer. Richard Grosser, trans. Letter to Frau Alice Schwarz-Solivo of a Talk by Abdu'l-Baha (1933-04). On the 'freedom of will', inheritance and instinct.
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Letter to John B. Cornell (1943-05-25). Short personal letter relating answers from Shoghi Effendi to various questions of Cornell, on voting age, the election of the House, the "Source of all knowledge," etc.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). The classic Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition.
- John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
- Ted Slavin. Materialism Wearing Away at Our Kids (2012-02-11). The materialism of modern society and media is distracting many of our children. Adults must be aware that they are key role models for their kids.
- Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
- Stanwood Cobb. New Horizons for the Child (1934). Understanding the child; character training; home life; the child as an individual; limitations of activity education; children as creative and active beings; romanticism vs. classicism; builders of civilization. Includes 20 pages of childrens' poetry.
- Stanwood Cobb. New Leaven, The: Progressive Education and Its Effect upon the Child and Society (1928). On principles of the new education; revolutionizing pedagogy and transforming the child; importance of social engagement in schools; the ages of enrollment of children and preparatory schools, from nursery-primary through secondary school to college.
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Pastoral Care of Bahá'í Children: Warwick Leaflets (1995).
- Mark Brush. Perceiving Differences: A Look at Gender and Equality (1988). Observations on what Richard DeNovellis' "Personality Type Preference Indicator" tests show about ages and genders; laws of nature vs. laws of God.
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Physical Discpline of Children (1994-10-16). The Bahá'í concept of punishment within the overall context of justice and world order; the principle of reward in child-rearing; physical vs. moral and intellectual discipline.
- Universal House of Justice. Places Where the Manifestations of God Have Appeared; Equality of Men and Women (1986-10-27). The consistent portrayal of all known Manifestations of God as male and their historical emergence exclusively in the East; the equality of men and women; on soul mates.
- Erik Blumenthal. Problem Solving in the Family (1995). How can we solve our problems or conflicts? We need to know and put 5 factors into practice: our attitude; mutual respect; understanding each other's motives; changing the 'present agreement' by conscious communication; and mutual cooperation.
- Bahá'í International Community. Raising Children of Light: editorial (2008). In seeking to end the world's suffering, we need to acknowledge that we are all one human race in an increasingly interconnected world, educate children and mothers, and end the oppression of girls and women.
- Naghme Naseri Morlock. Religious Persecution and Oppression: A Study of Iranian Baha'ís' Strategies of Survival (2021). Research based on extensive interviews exploring three ways that members of the Bahá'í community responded to diaspora and persecution: passing as Muslim, religious constancy in the face of danger, and alternating "passing" with open displays.
- Safoura Chittleborough. Requisites for Family Unity: The Role of the Father in the Family (1995). The importance of the family as a whole in child-rearing and the negative consequences of family breakdown.
- Hoda Mahmoudi, Nasim Ahmadiyeh. Resilience in Children: Within a Spiritual, Social, and Neurobiological Framework (2002). Exposure to hardship and to events requiring adaptation to change allows the child to learn flexibility and resilience, and so find his or her sphere of useful service in a constantly changing world.
- Graeme Russell. Role of the Father in the Family, The (1995). Practical steps to enhance the role of fathers in the family.
- William Sears. Stories from the Dawn-Breakers: For Children (1998). Stories for children about Shaykh Ahmad, Siyyid Kazim, Young Man in the Green Turban, The Letters of the Living, and The Bab, taken from the book Children's Stories from the Dawn-Breakers, by Zoe Meyer, illustrated by Winifred Barnum Newman (1998).
- Viva Rodwell. Three Ages of Man, The: Are They Integrated? (1996). Childhood, adulthood, old age, and family integration in contemporary culture.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages (2023-08). The cause of unity; creating families that illuminate the world; the ideal milieu for learning the principles of consultation; addressing challenges.
- Universal House of Justice. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith (2009-11-24). Regarding the family and its role in the advancement of civilization.
- Universal House of Justice. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith (2010-04-02). Regarding subjects such as family life, wealth, materialism, and justice.
- Stephen Licata. Transmission of Cultural Values in Persian Bahá'í Families, The (1997). On how immigrant Persian Bahá’í families have carried their cultural values to the U.S., how the move affected the development of their children, and the cultural adaptation process. Includes survey on cultural values among Persian Bahá'ís in Los Angeles.
- Bijan Samali. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (1996). The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisation of the oneness of human race; ensure the equality of the sexes; are adaptable to cultural diversities; and call for the elimination of all prejudices.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, comp. Vaccination: A Compilation (2019-07). Brief compilation sent by email by the US NSA. Includes cover letter.
- Universal House of Justice. Various questions: Psychic powers, Persepolis, portrait of Mulla Husayn, etc. (2007-08-06). Answers to: psychic powers and "natural" healing; 'Abdu'l-Bahá's statement on Persepolis; inauthenticity of a portrait of Mullá Husayn; a passage on childhood; list of sites for future Houses of Worship; Prayer of the Báb; and a jungle story.
- Universal House of Justice. Violence Against Women and Children (1993-11-23). Bahá’í principles on violence, sexual abuse, family dynamics, gender equality, consultation, child discipline, and community protection.
- John A. Davidson, Christine Wood. Walking the Tight-rope of Parenthood (1995). Description of a Bahá'í parenting program created by a "Marriage and Family Development" committee.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Women (1991). Explores the status of women in the world, the development of women, the role of education in that development, the Bahá'í concept of gender equality and the application of that principle to family life. Includes bibliography of related Bahá'í literature.
- Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. Wonder Lamp, The (1972). A children's story, and performance / storytelling piece, published as a 45-page booklet and also in audio recording.
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