Does anyone else have a 6yo cry-baby?

[busyrascal]

It's doing my head in. Every time she has a mere scratch (invisible to the naked eye) there are howls and trauma. Every time she is slightly scared. Every time there is any injustice. Every. Single. Time.
I get that there are things that she maybe wants to communicate with her tears that she somehow feels unable to, but I don't understand why she has to cry hysterically in order to do it. She is a very articulate young girl, excels academically, popular at school and we have a kind loving relationship with her as her parents.
So how on Earth do I encourage her to grow some thicker skin? She has her first wobbly tooth at the moment and I'm dreading it falling out because of the inevitable tears and drama that will doubtlessly result. It's such hard work.
And I'm starting like a heartless cow for rolling my eyes when she turns the waterworks on. What can I do?

Do you or your Dad over react or rush over everytime she falls? Kids do look to us for a reaction and if that is"you're fine, jump up" if she is not badly injured, I think that is healthy. My 7 yo Ds likes his injury to be recognised though, even it is tiny, so completely ignoring definitely doesn't work for us. I understand your frustration.....

I could've written your post, OP, word for word. We haven't found a solution yet....

Urghhhhh... I feel your pain.

I finally managed to explain to DS that if he kept up the dramatics all the time people wouldn't understand if there was a real problem. I came up with a "Boy Who Cried Wolf" story but it involved a boy, a bike and a broken arm - I thought the original was a bit too scary for him at that point!

Try saying that you understand that they're upset, console if requires but if they're still crying in 5 minutes they can go and cry in their room. I find this effective for mine but he's younger.