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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every parent’s primary goal is to raise a decent human, but didactic speeches about right and wrong aren’t exactly in the cards ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children's TV shows are typically designed to improve their viewers' cognitive, social and moral development. U.S. Air Force photo ...
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Friendship, reputation and hard lessons in 'Show Me Your Friends'
A review of Tokesi Akinola’s ‘Show Me Your Friends,’ by Deborah Ahenkorah.‘Show Me Your Friends,’ by Tokesi Akinola, invites young readers into a world where friendship, reputation, and honesty take ...
As a child, I watched reruns of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon on television. I was drawn to the action and colors and, of course, the catchy tune. This was my early introduction to Spider-Man, as it was ...
Making the moral of the story stick: A media psychologist explains the research behind children's TV
To adult viewers, educational media content for children, such as "Sesame Street" or "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood," may seem rather simplistic. The pacing is slow, key themes are often repeated and ...
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