Kids will be kids. They get hurt, they fall down, they're resilient. AND they have guardians watching to make sure they don't get hurt TOO badly. It's when you leave home that the real fun begins.
Before I left home, I broke a toe and cracked my nose, both were straight and neither received medical attention. I also bruised some ribs and my tailbone once or twice.
In the last 7 years, I've done permanent damage. I have popped the cartilage in my hand, fallen down 2 flights of stairs, developed carpal tunnel in both hands, had tendonitis 3-4 times, damaged ligaments, injured nerves, and lost a lot of skin with lasting, permanent scars. I live my life in pain, and I know that I am lucky to still be a functioning human being with use of all my parts.
Every part of my body cracks: my nose, my jaw, my neck, my back, my knees, my fingers and toes, my feet and ankles, my wrists and elbows. There's a lot of discussion about whether or not cracking your joints is bad for you, and here's what I've learned: it's perfectly normal for air to leave your joints and for you to gently crack them, but if you push too hard on your joints, you can stretch your ligaments out and rub cartilage together and that damage lasts forever, so don't get overzealous in the cracking.
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