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 confess: I let my kids watch “South Park” on cable television’s Comedy Central. Not every episode, mind you. I prescreen them on video before I watch them with the family. But when my face lands on ...

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.

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 ...