Poor little thing's just cowering in a corner, crying "get away!" Those brutes!

Those guards are in for it later, that's the Jarl's daughter. She does have a mouth on her though, guess they got fed up.

Even the NPCs can't stand the children in this game.

Have you tried casting a heal other spell?
That gets cowering NPC's back up for me, though I use it on companions who got hurt in a fight.

I think that my game is bugged. I'm trying to level up my Enchanting skill here in Whiterun, using the Enchantment device just off of the main hall. After waiting for 48 hours, in an attempt to replenish Farengar Secret-Fire's stock of filled Petty Soul Gems, the hall erupts, and guards start attacking myself, my companion Marcucio, and Lydia, who obviously isn't my companion at the moment. This has now happened six times. The guards kill me, and when the save loads again a message appears saying that I have a bounty of 40 gold, even though I haven't done anything, and the guards just start attacking me, Marcucio, Lydia and the children. Anyone know how I can fix this?

Exit to desktop before reloading if something like that happens. Sometimes certain things happen with poor timing and the results carry over onto a reload if it's in the same cell. So you hit a guard just as you were dying, and the instant reload detects that hit and you've committed and assault.

Edit: This has happened to me with dialogue prompts and "caught stealing" moments. It also could happen in Oblivion.

Then why are you typing, for goodness sack go help the poor girl hmy:

I understand, but what's with the guards attacking Lydia, who's not my companion, and the damn kids ferr Christ's sake? For some reason, on around the eighth time of reloading, the game sorted itself out and it didn't happen again. Phew!