I’ve seen a bandaid save a trip to the zoo.  I’ve seen a bandaid save a day at the beach.  I watched that kindergartener on the playground get his bandaid, get up, and walk right into school.  This may seem tricky, or even deceitful, but it’s not.  When I put a bandaid on a child who doesn’t have a cut or a scrape, but who feels like they are not ok, I am helping them to understand what is already true. They are, in fact, ok.  They are taken care of.  They are good.