Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker,        all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times      his strong-minded grandfather was nearly        , he loaded his family into the car and       them to see family members in Canada with a       ,“there are more important things in life than money. ”
The        took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a        house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was     that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t.       , their reaction echoed （与---共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they       was how warm the people were in the house and how      of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children        hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing       in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals. 
A university       of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to     parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The      is telling the stories in a way children can      . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that       , “ When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s      , and make eye contact to create “a personal experience”, We don’t have to tell children   they should take from the story and what the moral is. ”

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