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 ...

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 study found that four to 6-year-olds shared more after listening to books with human characters than books with anthropomorphic (human-like) animals. A study by researchers at the Ontario ...

Aug. 18 (UPI) --Anthropomorphic, or human-like, animals are often the protagonists of children's books. But new research suggests parents who want their kids to pick up on a story's moral lessons ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – 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 ...

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 ...

Many children are willing to make personal sacrifices to punish wrongdoers — and even more so if they believe punishment will teach the transgressor a lesson, a new Yale study published Nov. 23 in the ...

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 ...