“There’s a positive correlation between a student’s vocabulary size in grade 12, the likelihood that she will graduate from college, and her future level of income. The reason is clear: […]
The Courage to Keep Going
“I don’t think I can keep going,” I told my daughter. We were mid-chapter, and the story had taken an abrupt turn. The bright little girl, so full of hope […]
Books for Boys – Why it Matters
Boys. Wow. They’re different. Having grown up in an estrogen-rich home with only one sister, I had a limited understanding of just how diverse the differences between boys and girls […]
Holy Imagination—For Parents
Here at Story Warren we like to talk a lot about encouraging holy imagination in children and for good reason: Both the culture without and our inherent weakness within militate […]
C.S. Lewis on “Grown-Up” vs. Children’s Stories
“Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the […]