How Printed Stories and Activities Can Help Kids Navigate Tough Topics How Printed Stories and Activities Can Help Kids Navigate Tough Topics The printed page can help kids and their parents talk about challenging topics in the world around them and in their own lives. Published 2 hours ago Submitted by HP Inc. Books, stories, and printed activities can help kids of all ages understand challenging subjects by presenting them in contexts they can relate to. Credit: GETTY IMAGES By Deborah Lynn Blumberg Racial equality, politics, and sexism aren’t topics Laura Livingston, a Houston-based university program administrator, often discussed with her parents when she was growing up in the 1980s. “Many of my questions went unanswered,” Livingston says.