Stories are imp

 Its very imp to narrate stories orally to kids esp from indian heritage they are filled with rich takeaways few eg:

Arjuna as palghuni marrying chitrangda and bearing a son babruvahana - ultimately gets too attached with son for 3 yrs , however he keeps his uber focus on hastinapuram mission intact and is able to let go. This is a great education on sense of purpose, life is full of splits, losses and how not to lose oneself on attachments , relations.

Karna vs arjuna the swarna hill challenge. How arjuna learns to get lasting fame with public you have to do real service. Also story teaches giving away wealth is not just an easy activity you need conviction plus determine whos worthy to get it.

Story of saguni - seems saguni won at end of kuruksjetra as the entire revenge saga, war was all he wanted to decimate kuru clan. This was due to bheeshma cleansing his own gandhara clan mercilessly. Revenge is never ending!

Strategy of krishna - how ashwatama was taken out of kurukshetra war how jeyadratha was defeated, karna's weaknesses exploited, dronas assasination, y arjuna chose krishna. 

Lakshmana shows real sibling affection - accomanying brother theoughhout and serving him first.

For inspiration - look at stories narrated excellently by bharathy bhaskar and thiru G gnanasambadam.