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Theo's Invisible Backpack

Helpful forSelf-worth • Big feelings • Belonging

Theo's Invisible Backpack

Helpful forSelf-worth • Big feelings • Belonging

Theo is a young bear who carries a small backpack everywhere. At first it holds good things. Then the foxes at school start teasing him, and a heavy gray stone appears with the words TOO BIG. More stones follow — some from others, some he begins to add himself. One night the pack tips over and his mama finally sees the stones. She picks them up, one at a time, and asks gently, "Says who?"

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For Kids

You don't have to carry every mean word someone hands you. Some of those stones aren't yours.

For Parents

Children carry hurtful words far longer than the moment they were said — and the heaviest stones are usually the ones they eventually place themselves. Curiosity over correction ("says who?") is how they learn they don't have to carry every word someone gives them.

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