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Children find meanings in their old family tales.      When Stephen Guyer's three children were growing up, he told them stories about bow his grandfather, a banker,   1   all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times   2    his strong-minded grandfather was nearly   3  , he loaded his family into the car and   4   them to see family members in Canada with a   5  , "there are more important things in life than money."      The   6   took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a   7   house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was   8   that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren't   9  , their reaction echoed (共鸣) their great-grandfather's. What they  10  was how warm the people were in the house and how  11  of their heart was accessible.      Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children  12  hard times. Storytelling expects say the phenomenon reflects a growing  13  in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.      A university  14  of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids' ability to  15  parents' stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.      The  16  is telling the stories in a way children can  17 . We're not talking here about the kind of story that   18 , "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  19 , and make eye contact (接触) to create "a personal experience". We don't have to tell children  20  they should take from the story and what the moral is.

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