glumshoe:

identicaltomyself:

pervocracy:

glumshoe:

Every child wants a bandaid for every injury or complaint, even if it didn’t leave a mark. I could give a kid a bandaid for a headache and he’d be satisfied that appropriate medical care had been done for him.

MEDICAL FACT

My kiddo fell down and scraped her knee and I washed it and was about to put a bandaid on it it when she wailed “I want Grandpa to put on my bandaid. He’s a DOCTOR!” Fortunately Grandpa was right there, so he did it and my kid immediately stopped crying. Double super placebo effect!

My co-counselors started deferring first aid to me because they could tell the kids, “Don’t worry, Ship will take care of this one. He’s WFR certified!” as if that makes me more qualified to put a bandaid on your bruised knee. The kids did not know what this meant, but it sounded impressive enough to their ears that they’d stop crying and trust that I’d helped them.