Pain offers children invaluable learning opportunities. As adults we need trespect that pain and realize children will learn as they go through it. This is an opportunity for the child to experience the process of grief and recovery, and an opportunity to talk to the parents about death. By accepting the inevitability of pain and allowing our children to learn from it, we are likely saving them from greater, more long-lasting harm. Many people drink, do drugs or engage in other self-destructive behaviors so they can avoid facing pain.
Healthy people acknowledge pain, accept it and talk about it.
Running keeps people from learning. A trip to the doctor can be a signal to the child that you're concerned, and can enable you to enter into a conversation with them about what is normal and what isn't. Do less talking and more listening . Lorentzon suggests you listen for the feeling that is troubling your young child and feed it back thim or her. I'd sure be willing to talk to you about it if you like.