Are You the Ant or the Grasshopper? And Which Are You Raising?A fable from Aesop that has seen a lot of play over the centuries is the Ant and the Grasshopper. The story extols the industrious…
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Belling the CatA fable from Aesop, in which we see a lack of both moral courage and physical courage… A large community of mice had been comfortable…
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Stolen ThunderTalking about secrets with my daughter turned out to be more complicated than I expected. A few months ago I asked her to deliver a…
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Courage Book Review – The Dangerous Book for BoysWhen The Dangerous Book for Boys came out a few years ago, it caused quite a stir, buddying up to Harry Potter on the bestseller…
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Courage Book Review – Saints and AnimalsLast week I shared the legend of St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio. Today, Lion’s Whiskers offers two books on the same theme. On…
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Courage Book Review – Taking a Walk with the BuddhaToday’s courage book review offers two illustrated books for children of Jataka tales, tales the Buddha told, but to begin with, here’s a beautiful picture…
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Courage Book Review – Take Courage from the Story“Take courage from the story” is a Dakota proverb, written phonetically as Nee yeh chee yi yo. This was shared with me by my good…
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What Goes Around, Comes Around!My two favorite moral commandments as a parent are as follows: As you point one finger at another, notice that three fingers are pointing back…
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The Rightful HeirDoes every child experience doubts about his or her parents? As in, “I wonder if they are really my parents? Who am I, really?” It’s very…
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Are You an Inny or an Outy?Do you believe that you control your fate or that outside circumstances beyond your control do? In 1966, psychologist Julian Rotter was busy trying to…
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