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And the Moral of the Story Is: Keep It Positive
The New York Times: The slower pace of summer means more time to tell stories to our kids, whether it’s around a campfire or in a car on the long, long trip to our vacation
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Why ‘Pinocchio’ May Not Teach Kids Honesty
Live Science: For parents looking to teach their children a lesson about honesty, a new study suggests “George Washington and the Cherry Tree” is a more useful morality tale than “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” Stories touting
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Morning People Are More Likely to Lie to Their Bosses in the Afternoon
The Atlantic: There are morning people and there are evening people; there is ethical behavior and there is unethical behavior. That much we know, and previous attempts to suss out how those categories overlap with
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Menacer des enfants à travers des histoires est peu efficace (Threatening stories for kids about lying don’t work)
Le Monde: Mentir, c’est mal. Combien de fois a-t-on entendu ce refrain dans notre enfance ? Illustré, souvent, par un conte aux personnages hauts en couleur avec, à la fin, l’inéluctable morale, qui récompense les
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Clues to Teaching Young Children to Tell the Truth
The Wall Street Journal: Parents who want their children to be more honest might be better off trying to make them feel more like George Washington than Pinocchio. The story of Pinocchio emphasizes the shame
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George Washington Trumps Pinocchio for Inspiring Honesty in Kids, Study Says
Boston.com: The study, published in Psychological Science, concludes positive moral tales like “George Washington and the Cherry Tree” work better at instilling a sense of honesty than “Pinocchio” or the “Boy Who Cried Wolf,” in which
