When Bad Things Happen: A Guide to Help Kids Cope

By R. W. Alley and Ted O'Neal

Truly bad things happen in life. And while we cannot shelter children from every hurt and harm, we can reassure them that they, like the little elves in these pages, will always be loved and cared for. We can teach children the skills needed for coping with life’s biggest challenges and changes. And we can restore children’s trust that life, after all, is good.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Oct 28, 2014
• ISBN: 9781497696617

R. W. Alley

R. W. Alley has illustrated a number of books featuring Paddington Bear. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island, with his wife, author Zoë B. Alley.

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A Message to Parents, Teachers,

and Other Caring Adults

As parents, teachers, guardians of our children, we try to guard them from life’s many evils. And yet we can’t—and we mustn’t—shelter our children completely from all hurt. What we can and must do instead is be protectors, healers, and teachers of our children to the best of our abilities…in good times and in bad.

Keeping children from serious injury, neglect, and danger is a major responsibility for parents and teachers. Of course, it is also true that little children can learn big lessons from life’s smaller tumbles and fumbles. As we adults know, some things must