Story Content Standards
What every story must meet before children can hear it.
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Reviewed before children hear it
Every story passes rights review, age and safety review, cultural and language review when it's relevant, and editorial review. A story that changes is reviewed again.
Told by people
Stories are made and told by people, and every voice is a person's voice, credited by name. Synthetic voices and AI-generated stories are not accepted.
Fit for the age
Each story states its age range, how much conflict and fear it holds, how it is told, how it ends, and whether there is a path to repair or understanding. Notes for grown-ups describe anything a family may want to know first.
Calm, not compulsive
Stories don't pressure children to keep listening, buy things or come back. There are no cliffhangers designed to hook, and no chains of stories playing on their own.
Cultural care
A story says where it comes from, how the storyteller came to it and how sure they are. Traditional stories are credited to their communities. Ways of speaking are respected and named.
Rights
The storyteller must have the right to tell the story. A story whose rights are not known yet can be sent for review, but it is never published until the rights are cleared.
Recording quality
Recordings should be clear and calm to listen to. Reviewers may ask for a new recording.