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Woman Born Beautiful: Children and Children's Stories
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Posted on April 7, 2005 at 04:29:38 PM by Diana
I agree very much with the overall point that story telling / metaphor is a great method for teaching morals. However, I would like to point out that understanding morals is not synonymous with moral behavior.
For example: When my older brother was very young (just learning to talk), he had dozens of fairy tales memorized. My mom has told me on several occasions that she wished she had somehow recorded him reciting stories word-for-word — she says it was truly amazing (I, of course, being his younger sister didn't witness his recitals).
As and adult, my brother has shunned much of what I consider to be moral thinking and living. He's still sharp, he still loves literature, and he still knows the moral lessons behind the stories, but he does not apply them to his life. To him, the moral lessons are just stories.
I'm not sure where I'm going with this except to say that there is an additional step involved in taking a child from learning morals to living morals.
Other than that, I'd like to say that I love to read your writing, and I am a new subscriber.
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- Re(1): Woman Born Beautiful: Children and Children's Stories - By Eric April 7, 2005 at 06:59:38 PM
- Re(2): Woman Born Beautiful: Children and Children's Stories - By karen April 8, 2005 at 02:07:55 AM