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 ...
Kids learn money lessons long before they can count. The way we talk, spend, save, and give becomes their playbook. Here is ...
Buddha's wisdom provides a roadmap for children to build essential life skills. These teachings emphasize discipline, honesty ...
Benjamin Lee aka The Donut Critic is now a children's book author. He says, "My love for donuts and reading to my kids intersected with this fun book project with my mother as well." His books center ...
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12 money lessons schools should teach now

Across the political spectrum, there is growing agreement that money skills belong alongside reading and math in the classroom. As debates over whether Some people believe that children should be ...
Observing the fragility of relating to each other in these heavily freighted times has caused me to ask myself how we teach our children to be a friend. So now I’m asking you as well. Sometimes such ...
CAMDEN, Ala. — Financial literacy is a subject that isn’t covered enough in many traditional secondary institutions and rarely at all in schools with younger attendees. Topics such as mortgages, taxes ...
In 2004, a paper appeared in the journal Psychological Science, titled “Music Lessons Enhance IQ.” The author, composer and University of Toronto Mississauga psychologist Glenn Schellenberg, had ...
Always pray, and pray especially for an end to all wars, Pope Francis told children during Mass concluding the first World Children's Day. "We are here to pray, to pray together and to pray to God," ...
Some parents are signing their children up for chess lessons to get a break, and to teach them how to express themselves. By Lam Thuy Vo Ellis Clifton draws a grid with yellow chalk, counting each row ...
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 ...