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 ...

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 you’re dealing with a kid who can’t tear himself away from his ...

(LOWELL, MASS.) 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 ...

Adolescents often have different tastes from their parents and prefer not to watch TV with them. We also know how TV and electronic devices have made family interactions less frequent. But I’ve ...

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It’s summer, but that doesn’t mean kids have to stop learning. Discovery Lab at the Gathering Place teaches kids science lessons through unique experiments. One is called a chemical traffic light ...

Yudhishthira, the Dharmaraja of the Mahabharata, offers profound lessons on truth and integrity. His unwavering commitment to ...

It’s easy to get sentimental about the joy children’s books bring to kids. But picture books must also be read by adults, who, depending on the text, may not be quite as charmed. (My sympathies to ...

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 ...

Minjeong Kim has received funding from Creative Economy Grant of University of Massachusetts to conduct research cited in this article. Allyssa McCabe does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...

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