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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every parent’s primary goal is to raise a decent human, but didactic speeches about right and wrong aren’t exactly in the cards ...

When using books to teach morality tales, it may be best if the characters don’t have tails of their own (or any other animal traits). Young children are more likely to learn and apply character ...

In a Cambodian children’s folktale, one man is afraid of lawyers and another is afraid of filth. As the story goes, both are constantly bombarded by their fears despite their efforts to avoid them.

A new paper published this month finds that asking that simple question can help young students get a lot more out of stories that are read to them. Teachers have been using stories to convey moral ...

In requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in schools, what moral lessons do proponents of House Bill 1145 want students to learn? Let’s start with the last commandment as stated in Exodus: “You ...

Vox recently asked 15 experts on moral philosophy and public policy to answer the following question: "What do we do know that will be considered unthinkable in 50 years?" The resulting essays are ...

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 ...

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