For more than 20 years, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States has been part of a collective effort toward U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Brilliant Star magazine, published for children ages 8–12 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, received a 2010 APEX Award of Excellence for Green Writing.

Baha'is celebrate the festival of Ayyam-i-Ha each year from sunset on Feb. 25 to sunset of March 1 as a preparation for the Fast, which begins March 2 and ends March 20.

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As Christmas season went into full swing this year, Glen Fullmer's 7-year-old son came home from school with an assignment: Make a poster illustrating his family holiday traditions.

Every year we're asked, "How do Baha'is handle the winter holidays?" "When is the Baha'i gift-giving season?" "How do Baha'is view Christ?"

This year we spoke with Veda Mosavi, a Baha'i from Calif. who was raised by a Persian Baha'i father and a mother from a Baptist background, who became a Baha'i when Veda was young.

Rebecca Bonner, 9, has memorized enough Baha’i prayers to earn herself a shiny, golden badge that features the globe and has the words, “Unity of Mankind” resting proudly on the North Pole.

This year’s commemoration of Universal Children’s Day, on November 20, also marks the 20th anniversary of the Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and 20 years of effort by the United Nations to give the world's children protected status through an inclusive, legally-binding human rights treaty. 

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1989 by a unanimous vote and was instituted as international law in 1990 to promote and protect all children worldwide. Today, 193 countries are parties to the CRC.

Between the ages of 10 and 15 years old kids undergo tremendous transition. They're not children anymore.