{"id":14297,"date":"2022-01-07T23:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/?post_type=questionslibrary&#038;p=5887"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:12:09","slug":"frog-and-toad-alone","status":"publish","type":"questionslibrary","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/frog-and-toad-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Frog and Toad Together &#8211; \u201cAlone\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Is there a difference between being alone and being lonely?<\/li>\n<li>What is helpful about spending time alone?<\/li>\n<li>What is challenging about spending time alone?<\/li>\n<li>Like Toad, do we often assume that people are upset when they want to be alone? Why?<\/li>\n<li>Is it possible to be alone together?<\/li>\n<li>The turtle is very honest with Toad about the possibility that Frog does not like him anymore. Is the turtle too honest? Where is the line between honesty and hurting someone\u2019s feelings?<\/li>\n<li>Frog says he feels \u201cgood because the sun is shining\u201d and \u201cgood because I am a frog.\u201d What do you feel good about? Is it easier to think about what we feel good about or what we do not feel good about?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This lesson can be used either in a classroom or online.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can use either the physical version of the story, found in Lobel\u2019s <em>Days with Frog and Toad<\/em>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JQLs3u0wdfg\">this video read-aloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4666,"template":"","dqcategories":[373],"class_list":["post-14297","questionslibrary","type-questionslibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dqcategories-ethics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Frog and Toad Together - \u201cAlone\u201d - PLATO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frog and Toad Together - \u201cAlone\u201d - PLATO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is there a difference between being alone and being lonely? 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