There's a book you can read to your children that will make your job as a parent a lot easier.

This book will teach them lessons and character, how to distinguish right from wrong, about gratitude, respect, and perseverance.

And that's in the opening chapters.

Parents have been reading this book to their children for a very long time.

It's one reason it's a perpetual bestseller.

This book, of course, is The Bible.

And you don't have to be religious to read it, and your children don't have to be religious to enjoy it, and get a whole lot out of it.

Decellency, kindness, charity, selflessness, and sacrifice, they're all right there.

Consider the story of David and Goliath.

Nine feet tall, clad in armor, Goliath is the most fearsome warrior of his day.

How could he not be? He's nine feet tall for goodness sake.

Who wants to go against a giant like that?

No Israel, like that's for sure.

Except for one, a skinny shepherd boy named David.

This boy has three things going for him.

Courage, a slingshot, and faith that God is with him.

As he strides out onto the battlefield to face Goliath in single combat,

he holds the future of the Israelite nation, not to mention his own life in his hands.

A wrapped up in all of this tension and drama are valuable lessons that any child can profit from.

David refuses to be intimidated by a bully.

He's willing to act to show resolve even in the face of his own self-doubt.

His actions paint a portrait of true heroism in the face of true danger.

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