"...(M)odern Christians parents rely too much on knowledge, on the idea that it is enough merely to instruct a child on what is right and true."

At Crunchy Con, Rod Dreher looks at “Children, imagination and elephants”:
“…(W)e have an obligation to ‘try to form [children’s] imaginations, to give them an alternative to the worldly lessons even the sheltered child absorbs as if from the air, by immersing them in books that express the Christian understanding of the world. …A good story will not make him good, but it should help him understand goodness a little better and make doing good a little easier by making it feel more normal. It will teach him that the world is this kind of place and not that kind.’”