2012-10-29 16:46:15.796439+01 by Dan Lyke 2 comments
When The Doctor Says This Won’t Hurt A Bit — And Incredibly, It’s True.
But what happens is, I always wonder, where does the notion of competence come in? In other words, we are strangers. I’m coming into a room, you don’t know how competent I am, and I’m going to do something to your child. And I think some of the granting of competence is the change in your child’s emotional state…
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#Comment Re: made: 2012-11-01 19:26:15.722787+01 by: m
Having been on both sides, I have found that being truthful is always best with children. Telling them something won't hurt, which many mothers, nurses and doctors do is a disaster.
And sometimes you just have to overrule their emotional freakout and mummify them. Actually I had to do that with a couple of adults as well.
#Comment Re: made: 2012-11-02 00:38:56.513059+01 by: Dan Lyke
I've found that "overrule their emotional freakout and mummify them" applies more to adults than kids.
I think there's a lot, though, in the framing, and a lot of that involves approaching children way differently that most adults do. Which is why I thought the details noted were worth passing along.
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