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 ...

Researchers monitored more than 100 4-6-year-olds Complex ideas presented on television proved difficult for them to comprehend Children’s television programming often contains moral lessons and ...

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.

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 ...

TROY — Even if you don’t always have the right answer, it’s important to help people. That’s the moral of a recently published children’s book, “Sadie the Skunk,” published by Troy author, Meaghan ...

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 ...