Dealing with a Minor Injury (Cleaning a Scrape): Building Self-Care Independence in Children
Last Thursday, my 8-year-old’s knee met the sidewalk during a bike ride. Blood welled up in a fresh scrape, and she looked at me with tears forming. Instead of immediately cleaning and bandaging it myself, I remembered our family’s commitment to the Life-Ready approach. I got out the first aid supplies and guided her as she cleaned the scrape herself. The look of concentration and then pride on her face when she finished told me we had a perfect opportunity to practice self-care in a low-stakes environment. ...