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 ...

Moral pride is the warm feeling you get after doing a good deed, such as helping someone or sharing. In our recent study of Canadian and Japanese children, we found that older children (nine- and ...

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.