What better way to spark a spirited debate on ethics with youngsters than by using the complex messages often found in fairy tales?

Children enjoy a cozy familiarity with fairy tales. By basing your discussion of ethics on fairy tales, you are launching from common ground. Children aged eight and older typically are ready for meatier ethical concepts that skirt into the gray areas of lesser evils or relative priorities. Here are a few suggestions drawn from the land of fairy tales to get those thought wheels humming.

Puss in Boots