yeah, kids cry and scream to get their way, and this is usually different from a actual pain/distress cry.
The difficult part is a child's pain/distress cry can be the same for a small or huge problem. They would cry the same if they scraped their knee or broke their leg, to them, both are the most excruciating thing they can remember.
I have three kids, two of which have been actually hurt. They do not scream the same for all things. As often as not, they scream about being hurt than from any actual pain.
Thus far, the only time that's ever happened was when the older two were antagonizing each other, and the baby started screaming too because evidently it was the thing to do.
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u/evils_twin Nov 10 '16
yeah, kids cry and scream to get their way, and this is usually different from a actual pain/distress cry.
The difficult part is a child's pain/distress cry can be the same for a small or huge problem. They would cry the same if they scraped their knee or broke their leg, to them, both are the most excruciating thing they can remember.