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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
Politeness.
Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Wild how accurate this is. My five-year-old is tough as nails because we've never once overreacted to her having a spill. Always, always play it cool like nothing even happened. Smile and make light of it. "Holy smokes, kid! You're like a tumbling monkey!" They'll usually realize it was kind of funny.

Unless they get up and start bawling frantically, they're neither hurt nor afraid.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

Exactly this. I think it's important to make a point out of checking that they're not injured, but without exaggerating the situation. If we adults get stressed out, they're more likely to get stressed/scared as well, even though they're not injured and not even really in pain.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah the accuracy is amazing. My four-year-old got hit by a meteor, and even though earth veered off course and billions died, I never acknowledged it and they're A-OK.