![]() That's how I've seen my daughter progress as well. Your son's fracture is common, and while it is scary as a parent to have a kid in a cast, you have to let the kids learn how to function with it.įor what it's worth, I broke my left arm in two places and dislocated my elbow (my sister cherry bumped me on the see saw) when I was 4 or so.I am now 31 and completely fine.I actually think as soon as I got my movement back after the cast I was fine. I hate that my kids can't be protected by ME all the time, but if we don't let them go, they will never learn how to grow up and make responsible choices. This year she broke her foot and went from crutches to a walking cast to an air soft boot (or something like that) and she didn't have any issues with that either. Last year she also had runners knee, and had an ace wrap on her knee for a few weeks to help with pain.no problems. She went to school the next day with her cast on, no issues. ![]() Last year at school she was pushed and when she fell, her thumb broke. My daughter is a competitive dancer and gets hurt all the time.unfortunately. My son's been on crutches a few times in his life, and he's in awesome shape now as an adult - great athlete, totally healthy. Please try not to make him miserable by favoring that area for the rest of his life - let him play and be a fully active kid. When body parts are immobilized for long periods of time, it's tougher to come back as quickly. The best thing will be for him to start using it again. But 3 weeks in a cast is pretty good! If he needs a little brace for a few weeks afterwards, they will tell you that. You can't know everything now - you have to play it by ear. If he needs a few exercises when he gets the cast off, it's not a huge deal. He should heal just fine and if he's only going to be in the cast for 3 weeks, that's pretty good and indicates it's not a terrible break. They play, they fall, they break stuff, they heal. The first injury is always the toughest! You put him in a car seat and drove him home from getting the cast on, right? That was far more dangerous than sending him to school! Why do you think the kids will be grabbing his hand? Other kids have casts and slings, and it's just not all that interesting to kids after the first 3 minutes! Let your kids be kids - we just can't protect them. Did you get to learn that you would be ok? You may have been ovef protected or not protected enough. I suggest we often over protect our children now. Children went to school and continued a rough and tumble life. When I was growing up fractures were common. It said that his arm and hand may be weaker and will fully recover in 2-3 weeks without physical therapy. I looked up buckle fracture on the Internet. The normal give and take in the classroom will not hurt him. Do you want him to feel like you do? Wouldn't you like him to grow up confident and knowing he is capable to handle life's difficult things.Īs to taking the cast off, they will only do that if the bone is healed. When you protect him you are teaching him to also be fearful. A broken arm is just one thing that he'll have to learn to deal with. I suggest you take a look at your anxiety/fears. He's apt to feel left out when he returns. He will have trouble catching up, will have to once more adjust to school. If HE feels like he is ready to go back to school, for goodness sakes, let him go. And I promise, if anyone tries to grab or tug at him, he is going to let it be known he does not like that.īeing a rent is not for the faint of heart. You cannot hold him back because of your fears, but you can explain to him he needs to stop and think before he takes chances. This is just the beginning of all sorts of adventures that may end in some bumps, bruises or breaks. Some kids are just daredevils, or in my case clumsy and I am always twisting my ankle, tripping or tipping over. Even in high school she jumped on the hood of a car and ended up sliding off and onto the street on her face!!!! She said she "knew better but did not think anything would happen." She took gymnastics and was determined to learn to do back flips on the balance beam. When she was a child, she was the one climbing to the top of a tree and wanting a sheet "to use as a parachute". Guess who was always getting hurt, banged up in casts. OMG.īut he is a kid that is naturally super active. He got hurt in all sorts of situations, sometimes at school, sometimes with his parents right there, one time with his father and then school sports. Heck my nephew was fearless, he was always taking chances. Really active kids will get hurt every once in a while.
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