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slip - the bruising can come on much later. My wife broke her wrist, just a hairline fracture, and it was a few hours before it bruised and swelled up like a balloon.
kids learn the hard way that the truth may hurt but delayed truth hurts more.
My boys are ~16 and ~14 .
They have, I like to think, figured out that it is better to come clean right at the start rather than have it dragged out of them.
If there is an injury it is most important to get the actual situation first. once things are back as they should be we can figure out if there is any extra repurcussions on top of whatever retribution/cleanup/repair/healing that must occur.
It takes months and sometimes years for me to get over the deception. But for the most part I let them run free.
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