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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I wouldn’t say I stay particularly up-to-date on social media trends, but I love overhearing Young Life leaders tell stories about the kids we all serve—which, nowadays, often involves a social media ...

Please help me out here. I want to explain the principle of “consequences” to my grandchildren, and your recent article on the University of Maryland Medical System debacle adds a little wrinkle ...

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.

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 ...