My parents and I always put great emphasis on telling stories that appeal to a child's sense of humor..

I was influenced by my children's education in Quaker schools in the Philadelphia area. I experienced a spiritual awakening and became a Christian, w….

My father was from a secular Jewish family and my mother from a nominally Christian (Episcopalian) one. They were not religious as adults. They did, ….

I sometimes find that my family's emphasis on stories, characters, and art that appeals directly to children rather than over their heads to adults i….

As a young adult, I began to read widely in history, philosophy, and religion - including the Bible. I began to feel that a purely secular view of li….

Parents sometimes object to the amount of humor introduced into stories that are designed to teach moral or spiritual lessons. They seem to think tha….

Families are where children live. Almost everything they experience is in the context of family life..