Don’t Be Scared!
I grew up in an old farmhouse that had two dim and musty attics, a dark, multi-chambered and cobwebby basement, a ramshackle garage and a…
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Don’t Be Scared!
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Courage Book Review – Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave
Courage Book Review – Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave
Imagine putting Cinderella in a blender with Hansel and Gretel, and then adding some voodoo. You will end up with something approaching Baba Yaga and…
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Raising a Good Citizen of the World
Raising a Good Citizen of the World
“I’ve learned that courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin, and that every warrior, every humanitarian, every citizen is built to live…
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Courage Book Review – Why Courage Matters, by John McCain
Courage Book Review – Why Courage Matters, by John McCain
In Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life we have a small, accessible book for adult readers (or teen readers, of course) by…
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Hard-wired to Care: You Matter in the Moral Life of your Child!
Hard-wired to Care: You Matter in the Moral Life of your Child!
Current moral psychology research indicates that as parents we are our child’s first and most important teacher of the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. …
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Using Moral Courage to Navigate Facebook and other Social Jungles!
Using Moral Courage to Navigate Facebook and other Social Jungles!
On the eve of my son’s adolescence, he begged me to let him have a facebook account. At the time, there was a loosely followed…
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The Rule of Threes
The Rule of Threes
“Third time’s the charm,” goes the saying. This, in a nutshell, is the Rule of Threes, an almost universal pattern in storytelling. Three wishes, three…
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Courage is Not the Absence of Fear
Courage is Not the Absence of Fear
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. ~ Ambrose Redmoon As parents, we…
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What Animals Can Teach Us About Pain
What Animals Can Teach Us About Pain
“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. For a time I rest in the…
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The Monkey’s Heart
The Monkey’s Heart
Versions of this tale have been collected from many countries, including Korea, Japan, China, the Philippines, Tanzania and Kenya. Details change to suit local circumstances,…
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