Wednesday, March 10, 2004 |
Smile, it's broken
If you're not in the room at the time, there is not much you can do when your kids hurt themselves apart from "kiss it better".
When this happens, the very first thing they are going to do, even before they start to cry, is look up at you for your reaction. The trick comes in suppressing your normal parental reaction to them being hurt (especially so for Mothers).
Instead of rushing over there with kisses and hugs of sympathy and comfort at the ready, you need to put on the happiest, most delighted face you have.
Whilst this may sounds a little sadistic, it actually works. When they look up and see you smiling like Ronald McDonald after a tab of Ecstasy, they will usually forget the fact that their knee hurts and a lot of the time they'll even think it's funny.
So next time your little one falls off their bike, garden wall or roof, just remember to put on a happy face.
N.B. No children were hurt or injured during the writing of this article.
If you're not in the room at the time, there is not much you can do when your kids hurt themselves apart from "kiss it better".
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Unbeknownst to most people without kids however, there is a simple trick you can do that will usually turn a normally painful fall or scrape into a fun event.
If ever you are out the back with them whilst they ride their bikes or run around in the yard, a fall, a scrape, a poke or a jab is going to befall at least one of them. |
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When this happens, the very first thing they are going to do, even before they start to cry, is look up at you for your reaction. The trick comes in suppressing your normal parental reaction to them being hurt (especially so for Mothers).
Instead of rushing over there with kisses and hugs of sympathy and comfort at the ready, you need to put on the happiest, most delighted face you have.
Whilst this may sounds a little sadistic, it actually works. When they look up and see you smiling like Ronald McDonald after a tab of Ecstasy, they will usually forget the fact that their knee hurts and a lot of the time they'll even think it's funny.
So next time your little one falls off their bike, garden wall or roof, just remember to put on a happy face.
N.B. No children were hurt or injured during the writing of this article.
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