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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.

Take a closer look into the Baha'i Faith through the eyes of a youth, Ms. Nava Ghalili, a life-long Baha'i, who was interviewed for the documentary series, "One-on-one: An Interfaith Dialogue." 

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

When someone asks Brett Outchcunis to walk the dog, they're not talking about a pet. They want to see him do a yo-yo trick called Walk the Dog, because Brett (also called Ooch) is a star yo-yo performer.

The U.S. Baha'i community is adding its support to The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by encouraging participation in an essay contest for U.S. students in grades 6 though 12.

In the University of Washington's The Daily, Wade Caves, a Baha'i, explains why Baha'is vote in general elections, but keep their noses out of politics.

At the Washington Post’s On Faith, Remz Pokorny, a senior at Brandeis University, chronicles his decision to stick with the religion he was reared in by two very different parents.

Something magical happens to many Baha'is when they turn 15. They become more responsible. Everything they’ve learned from growing up in the Faith kicks in, and, although they aren’t yet adults, they grow the mental equivalent of three inches.

Mideast Youth has a suggestion for Iranian authorities wishing to inform Baha'is that they’re not welcome in that country’s universities.