DS (9) bent his little finger back mis-catching a call last night. It swelled and felt very tender, so we iced it and I strapped it to the finger next to it.
He was due to have swimming today with school, but I wrote him a note to excuse him due to his finger remaining painful. He had struggled to get ready for school (e.g. with buttons, etc.), and the plaster strapping would most likely have come off in / after being in the water.
DS' dad is full of complaints that I have "let him off", and said that DS needs to "man up" and "get on with it" rather than "taking the easy option" - have I been too soft on DS? He's never needed to be excused from swimming or anything else before...