Pass it on. Family storytelling weaves listeners and tellers into a web that can enhance connectedness and self-esteem. Heirloom Stories from the Harnessmaker's Son can be used to initiate family storytelling traditions. If they did, you entered adulthood with most of the tools you needed. You didn't feel unprepared or lost like many people who grew up with TV instead of elder stories.
Elders are natural storytellers, and children are natural story-listeners.
Use the Chain of Wisdom to give your children the common sense and positive outlook that elder stories transfer in other cultures. They'll enjoy forty-three of them in Heirloom Stories from the Harnessmaker's Son , told by master storyteller Jack Kamen during his 85th year. Every family has stories like these. While they're often about things that can't happen anymore, they're based on timeless values. We suggest recording the conversations and writing them down.