My husband coaches my our in baseball, since our son was 4. They've gone through lots of painful things--getting beaned by the ball while batting, throwing the arm out (son is a pitcher), etc. Sometimes you don't know whether to stop the game or not.

So they developed a code so they can tell the other how "bad" it is. They ask, "Are you hurt or are you injured?" Hurt is just pain you can keep on going through. Injury means you have to sit out an inning or two (thankfully it has never been worse than that--anything worse, and they wouldn't have to ask).

It was a revelation to my son when he was smaller that he could be "hurt" and keep going. Getting hit by the ball hurts! To a 5-year-old it can feel like imminent death for sure! But it usually doesn't injure you. Just keep going and it will get better. A good workout can get all the soreness out, too.

Karen