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 ...

As a child, I watched reruns of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon on television. I was drawn to the action and colors and, of course, the catchy tune. This was my early introduction to Spider-Man, as it was ...

Once upon a time, you sat and listened to a story. And you still do this. Storytelling has always been a popular and powerful tradition in society—a way to transmit people’s culture, values, beliefs ...

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 ...

Aleisha Brown is a young writer from Perth, Western Australia. She developed her literary skills through a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing + Professional Writing and Publishing from Curtin ...

An important lesson in the moral education of children could be as close as the book in their hands. Stories matter. And they can play a role in shifting the importance of particular moral values in ...

I recently watched the new Fantastic Four film with my son. While the credits rolled, I was struck by something I hadn’t expected to feel quite so strongly. As someone who grew up reading comics, the ...