"Slow and steady wins the race." "What's right for one may be wrong for another." "Treat others the way you'd like to be treated." Morals have long been the conclusion of fables and fairy tales aimed ...
Many bestselling children’s storybooks, like The Lorax, aim to teach kids important moral lessons. But do they work? New research suggests that they probably don’t, but that parents can effectively ...
Stories can play a role in shifting the importance of particular moral values in children, according to a new study. The findings suggest an important lesson in the moral education of children could ...
Adults often ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. A teacher. A firefighter. A ballerina. The list of career choices is endless. I like to tell my kids that they can be whatever they want ...
As a teacher, father and children's book author, Jon Scieszka avoids books full of lessons. "Since the beginning of kids' books ... it was like: learn your alphabet, learn the colors, or learn morals, ...
Most of us hold a handful of moral truths we consider unmovable. For example, violence, lying, and slavery are wrong. Yet, people regularly act against these truths. Some people cheer for violence in ...