TY - BOOK AU - Huebner,Dawn AU - McHale,Kara TI - Something bad happened: a kid's guide to coping with events in the news SN - 9781787750746 PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - Jessica Kingsley Publishers KW - BAD NEWS KW - CHILDREN KW - FEAR KW - ANXIETY KW - COPING BEHAVIOUR KW - EMOTIONS KW - SAFETY KW - JUVENILE LITERATURE N1 - Introduction for parents and caregivers -- 1. Something happened -- 2. Brains in high alert -- 3. Calming your brain -- 4. Gathering information -- 5. Location, location, location -- 6. Identifying helpers -- 7. Understanding likelihood -- 8. Dealing with feelings -- 9. Self-care -- 10. Healing the world N2 - "[This book] guides children ages 6 to 12 and the adults who care for them through tough conversations about serious world events, from environmental threates to human tragedies. Care is taken to use the non-specific "bad thing" throughout, helping parents retain control over whicih events to talk about, and how much information to provide. Written by child psychologist Dr Dawn Huebner "Something Bad Happened" normalizes fear, sadness and worry about "bad things" while teaching coping skills to help children preserve feelings of safety, optimism and strength." - BOOK JACKET ER -