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Bill O'Rights · 01-04-2005, 12:37 PM

16 years ago, my daughter, aptly nicknamed "Bump", had almost permanent black eyes (yes...eyeS), and numerous bruises over any given part of her body, from falling and running head on into things, like...oh, the picnic table comes to mind. So much so, in fact, that I worried about being turned in for child abuse....seriously. I mean this kid was (Oh, who the hell am I kidding...still is) a huge klutz. The tooth thing sucks, to be sure. But, as you've accuratly pointed out, she will grow a new one. "Mom" feels guilty. It's reasonable for her to feel so. This is her "baby". She is supposed to be there to protect her. She feels that she has failed. Give her constant reassurance that kids, being kids, are going to get beat and banged up, no matter how good of care that is provided. The best that we, as parents, can hope for, is to fend off the huge injuries.
It still amazes me, to this day, how much children can bend and bounce. I've seen my two year old take dives, that would've rendered me a quiviring mass on the floor, just get up, giggle, and keep going like hell.

01-04-2005, 12:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	16 years ago, my daughter, aptly nicknamed "Bump", had almost permanent black eyes (yes...eyeS), and numerous bruises over any given part of her body, from falling and running head on into things, like...oh, the picnic table comes to mind. So much so, in fact, that I worried about being turned in for child abuse....seriously. I mean this kid was (Oh, who the hell am I kidding...still is) a huge klutz. The tooth thing sucks, to be sure. But, as you've accuratly pointed out, she will grow a new one. "Mom" feels guilty. It's reasonable for her to feel so. This is her "baby". She is supposed to be there to protect her. She feels that she has failed. Give her constant reassurance that kids, being kids, are going to get beat and banged up, no matter how good of care that is provided. The best that we, as parents, can hope for, is to fend off the huge injuries. It still amazes me, to this day, how much children can bend and bounce. I've seen my two year old take dives, that would've rendered me a quiviring mass on the floor, just get up, giggle, and keep going like hell. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt. Last edited by Bill O'Rights; 01-04-2005 at 12:42 PM..