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Do you think we are very focused on teaching manners too our children?

I mean, are we all beasts heart that we all need to spend our childhood constantly drilled on the behavior of good and evil and to be threatened with eternal punishment if we making bad decisions and impulses are wrong? And this is only the religious point of view. Even the stories we tell our children and the films we take them to see all the school holidays are loaded with messages designed to teach children moral behavior. Why is it such an influence on morality?

No I am not. As a parent, I think it is extremely important that I teach my children right and wrong. But the thing is, the morality is largely (perhaps even mostly) subjective. So I teach my children what I believe is moral and immoral. What I think we have put to much emphasis on teaching someone else is our morals of children.

The lion and the gnat, illustration from ‘Fables’ by Jean de la Fontaine, 1906 edition (colour litho) by Benjamin Rabier – 3×2 inch Fridge Magnet – large magnetic button – Magnet – inches $4.99 Rectangular wrap-around refrigerator magnet and a glossy mylar cover.Large 2×3 inch rectangle fridge magnet or ‘buttons’ as they are sometimes known in the USA.Crop shown is automated for display purposes only. All magnets are hand finished and the best most appropriate crop will always be selected to best show the full image. Therefore, actual product may vary slightly from crop shown – this can …

Disney’s The Kid $5.41 As he approaches his 40th birthday, obnoxious image consultant Bruce Willis begins seeing a chubby 8-year-old boy wherever he goes–a boy that turns out to be himself as a child, ready to confront Willis about the mistakes he’s made in “their” life and how they can fix them. Heartwarming comedy-drama also stars Lily Tomlin, Emily Mortimer, Chi McBride, and Spenser Breslin in the title role. 104 mi…

Wonder Pets – Save the Wonder Pets $4.38 Save the Wonder Pets! will be the first full length Wonder Pets DVD! (The Wonder Pets will also be included on the March Nick Jr. Favorites 5 release.) The DVD features a double length episode and there will be 3 additional episodes (6 mini episodes) on the DVD.System Requirements:Runtime: 98 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: NR UPC: 097368516441 Manufacturer No…

The Chorus (Les Choristes) $14.99 By getting nominated for Academy Awards in both the Foreign Language Film and Best Song categories, Les Choristes (The Chorus) made a rare (for a European film) double impression at the 2004 Oscars. This sentimental tale follows the arrival of a new teacher at a remote boys school in 1949 France (the war is a largely unspoken but ghostly presence). With disciplinary problems rampant, and the polic…

Disney’s American Legends: Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, The Brave Engineer [VHS] $14.99 American history and pioneer mythology blur in this collection of animated Disney shorts hosted by James Earl Jones. From Disney’s Golden Age come the marvelous Johnny Appleseed (1948), a fanciful, folksy, story-song tale of the real-life planter who seeded the Midwest, and The Brave Engineer (1950), a screwball version of “The Ballad of Casey Jones.” Paul Bunyan (1958) is pure tall tale turn…

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too [VHS] $12.98 This third installment of the Disney Pooh series, first released in 1974, is perhaps the liveliest, in part because the hyperactively bouncy stuffed tiger of the title seems tailor-made for animation. The story line, in which Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and company have to come to terms with the disruptive new presence in the Hundred Acre Wood, could almost be described as morally uplifting. And the ch…

Jack and the Beanstalk – The Real Story [VHS] $4.25 This ambitious miniseries begins with Jack’s descendant (Matthew Modine) and works its way backward to the story of the original young man and the beanstalk. Because the first Jack used that towering vine to steal a giant’s magic goose and harp, an entire world was reduced to poverty and a bloodline was cursed–all Robinson men die in their 40s, and the modern-day Jack is around that age. Fortunat…

Shark Tale (Widescreen Edition) $5.56 Features include: •MPAA Rating: PG•Format: DVD•Runtime: 90 minutes…

Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1 $16.49 Pixar’s unprecedented string of hit animated features was built on the short films in this collection. John Lasseter and Ed Catmull used these cartoons the way Walt Disney used the “Silly Symphonies” during the 1930s: as a training ground for artists and a way to explore the potential of a new medium. Although it’s only 90 seconds long, “Luxo, Jr.” (1986) ranks as the “Steamboat Willie” of compute…

My Sister’s Keeper $4.38 Based on the novel by Jodi Picoult, this poignant drama stars Abigail Breslin as an 11-year-old girl who was conceived through in vitro fertilization to serve as a genetic donor to her terminally ill older sister (Sofia Vassilieva). Told she must give up a kidney, Breslin sues her parents (Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric) for medical emancipation. But taking control of her life may come at the cost …

Favourite Bible Stories for Children $4.99 Favourite Bible Stories for Children contains 15 well-known Bible Stories, retold by Maretha Maartens. It represents a variety of stories from both the Old and the New Testament. Each story also contains a short summary and prayer.

The Stories Children Tell $6.99 Whether presenting their versions of real events or making up tales of adventure and discovery, children enchant us with their stories. But the value of those stories goes beyond their charm. Storytelling is an essential form through which children interpret their own experiences and communicate their view of the world. Each narrative presented by a child is a brushstroke on an evolving self-portrait – a self-portrait the child can reflect on, refer to, and revise. In The Stories Children Tell , developmental psychologist Susan Engels examines the methods and meanings of children’s narratives. She offers a fascinating look at one of the most exciting areas in modern psychology and education. What is really going on when a child tells or writes a story? Engel’s insights into this provocative question are drawn from the latest research findings and dozens of actual children’s tales – compelling, funny, sometimes disturbing stories often of unexpected richness and beauty. In The Stories Children Tell , Susan Engel examines: the different functions of storytelling the way the storytelling process changes as children develop the contributions of parents and peers to storytelling the different types of stories children tell the development of a child’s narrative voice the best way of nurturing a child’s storytelling skills Throughout these discussions, Engel presents compelling evidence for what is perhaps her most intriguing idea: that in constructing stories, children are constructing themselves.

Telling children\’s stories $35 The most accessible approach yet to children’s literature and narrative theory, Telling Children’s Stories is a comprehensive collection of never-before-published essays by an international slate of scholars that offers a broad yet in-depth assessment of narrative strategies unique to children’s literature.

A Collection of classic stories for Children $6.99 Although written nearly 100 years ago, this collection is a wonderful read for children looking for stories which they will enjoy – and which will enhance their literacy skills! With a vocabulary so much wider and richer than many collections of children’s stories today, this collection is sure to delight those who read it. Featuring tales such as Rab and his Friends, and Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, this collection has been specially formatted for today’s e-readers by Andrews UK

Stories for Children $11.25 This book is in New – Excellent condition