We emphasize to children the importance of telling your parents or an adult when someone violates your personal space. We must also remember that it is just as important to help them understand that they have to say something when they get hurt on the playground. Be it horsing around or an organized sporting event if a child falls, gets hit or feels that something is just not right, they need to say something.
Today our HouseCall guest tells the story about how a playground accident resulted in double hip replacement 30 years later!