When your child stumbles or falls...

I have no kids, but based on my friend's experiences! A lot will ask the kid to stand by itself and the mom will offer a hug, this is when the kid is not hurt seriously...But, when it is very serious and too hard, the mother will be running to fast to hug the kids and comfort... Oftentimes, when the mother tried to warn the child and didn't listen and fall, the mother will help and comfort but, my friend will always give a little spank! LOL!

I usually comfort and help her up....she is 9 years old now and I continue to console her every time she falls....her father just sits there and doesn't even respond most of the time, as if nothing happened....he says I am just encouraging her to keep falling....it really upsets me....

I depends on the situations. I my children falls and the get hurt, I will rush to them immediately. But the fall doesn't ends in them getting hurt, then I will look the other way and pretend as it I didn't notice at all. One thing for this kind of situation, it is better not to over reaction or else the child might start to go into self pity and cry out loud. We certainly want them to learn to pick up themselve when they fight. Don't we?

it depends on whether they are seriously hurt or not. if they fall hard and hit their head i will get them right away. but if they just trip up alittle and fall i will let them go. it helps them to not always need someone to pick them up.

It depends. I usually give it a second to judge if it was a bad fall or not. If it is just a minor fall then I will let her get up on her own. If I make a big deal out of it then she thinks it is a big deal and cries, but if I don't make a big deal out of it she usually doesn't. If she immediately starts to cry about it then I know that she is really hurt and I will help her up and make sure she is ok.

I always comment, 'Ouch, are you okay?!?' But not with panic in my voice, just acknowledging that I saw the fall and I know it stung. The child will then usually come to me for comfort, a kiss and 'all better now' is all it takes usually. If the child is clearly hurt, I do rush over. I think how wee ones handle this depends on how the parents handle it. I do express concern, I just refrain from panic no matter what. It has worked well, my teens have never been panicky or crybabies, neither have the babies I babysit. Concern, yet calmness--bumps are part of life, they sting yep but you'll be fine. ~~

Hello aseretdd, I can't afford to see my child stumble or fall down due to his heavy weight. I always try to be very careful whenever I am with him. But if it does happen, I will try to help him up and comfort him by hugging him. But he has this antic act, he always show me what made him cries and asking me to hit that thing. Like when he falls down because of his toys, he wants me to hit his toys. So, tell me what will you do what it happens to your daughter?

If I can see that he's not hurt, like a soft stumble in the grass, I do nothing right away. He gets up on his own and looks at me, and I smile and say 'you're ok, brush it off.' He smiles and brushes himself off and says 'I ok.' If I think he may have bumped his head or a knee, I go to him and ask 'are you ok?' He either says 'I ok,' and goes on playing, or cries or whimpers and I comfort him. If I can see that he is hurt, I go to him right away and comfort him. I am trying to keep a balance between making him feel safe, letting him know I will take care of him when he is hurt, and teaching him to shake things off and not sweat the small stuff.

I have a four year old son that has slips and falls like any other child. I use to be very protective with every trip and stumble. Now I think he realizes that he will be fine most of the time and he gets up on his own or encourage him to do so. Of course you need to know the difference between something traumatic or just a fall off of a swing. As a parent I am sure you have the good judgment to tell the difference.