# Alan Crickmore: How storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids

When a parent is sent to prison, the unintended victims of their crimes are their own children — without stability and support, kids are at higher risk for mental health and development issues. In a heartfelt talk, Alan Crickmore explains how the charity Storybook Dads is keeping families connected through the simple act of storytelling.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2018
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Children's
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/AlanCrickmore_2018X)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/AlanCrickmore_2018X?play=1)