Kids narrate the tough parts of growing up in cheeky animated videos

Animated cartoons aren’t just for mindless Saturday morning binging. They’re also empowering children to share stories about the toughest moments of their lives.

Children from around the world are recording and submitting their real stories to Storybooth, a digital platform collecting kids’ first-person narratives. The submitted stories are then turned into short animated cartoons narrated by the children who experienced them.

The platform gives these kids a place to tell their stories — and be heard.

Most stories animated by Storybooth cover tough or taboo topics, like relationship violence, menstruation, bullying, and coming out as LGBTQ. These topics, often deemed too risqué for young children, are approached sensitively and effectively in short, three-minute videos.  Read more…

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