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 ...

Most adults and children know the story of the "Three Little Pigs," so I won't delay the point with a recant of this fable. Instead, let's go right to the moral: It is more prudent to invest (time and ...

Fables are ancient stories told to offer ethical guidance. Aesop, a Greek slave who lived about the sixth century BC, wrote hundreds of them, usually featuring animals such as the story of the boy who ...