Reading Dawn’s post about her school field trip mishap made me think about my teaching days. When I used to be an elementary school teacher, I went through boxes of Band-Aids. And I do mean BOXES! Not because my students were injured all the time, but because they felt that for every little “boo-boo,” a Band-Aid somehow made it all better. Now by “boo-boo” I’m talking about:
- a little scratch
- an insect bite
- an old bump
- a bruise
- a scar
- sometimes, a student would even go as far as picking an old scab just to get it bleeding for a Band-Aid!
Now that my oldest is school-aged, a fascination for Band-Aids has developed. And I was never one to pass out Band-Aids at home so I’m quite intrigued where this Band-Aid interest came from. Could it be because of these bandages now look like fancy stickers? There is quite a range of different characters to choose from—Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, Spider Man, Scooby-Doo. Who wouldn’t want to sport one these cool bandages? Because nothing says, “I’m injured but still stylin'” like a Barbie-wrapped finger!
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Band-aides have come a long way! I just bought some the other day that are Diego, Cars and Hello Kitty, for my “tiny guests”! I love them, they are so fun! I guess it’s like a sticker in a way, and in Kid eye’s, nothing is cooler than a sticker…except maybe a fake tatoo!
EXACTLY! Sometimes I think my daughter tries to get scratched on purpose.
My daughter has just started on this. We do have the Dora ones. We keep them out of sight most of the time but if she sees them she invents a need for it.