Once our children learn to accept pain as a natural and inevitable part of life, they don’t fear it so much, but simply acknowledge, “I’m in pain right now.” Instead of intellectualizing about it, judging it, or resisting it, they sit with it. We teach them this by sitting with them when they are young. If they need to talk, they will talk, and all that’s required from us is the acknowledgment of a nod, or a statement such as, “I see.” There’s no need for logic, cheerleading, or hurrying through the experience.
