Few parents confess it in public, but with children it is true that who loves you well will make you cry.
And not because they are upsetting, but because they end up hurting you unintentionally.
There are scars that any warrior can display after surviving epic battles, the kind that save the world in Hollywood movies and in the most gripping comics.
And then there are the
low-cost
scars
,
the ones that all parents have, due to unconscious carelessness of our offspring.
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Who has not had an eye
gouged
, which razor from
An Andalusian dog
from Buñuel, the tender little nails of his newborn?
What baby has not given to make an unexpected head bump with whoever is holding him?
Who has not been about to break the nose of one of their children when, after melting into a tender and emotional hug, they have decided to stand up by pushing himself upwards with the force of the Hulk and crashing into a poor innocent napia who does not did you smell the fearsome blow?
Who has not had several fingers hooked when closing the door when he just went to his children's room to warn them to be careful with the door and not to close it with force so that their fingers do not get caught?
Who has not embedded his tender knee in the edge of a closet door left open treacherously by those childish whirlwinds that open everything and close nothing?
Each parent has their anecdotes.
My record: playing with a spoon, the girl activated an impossible pulley system that is not mounted by
the A-team
MA
and a knife ended up flying from a plate until it dug into my foot (because I happened to be barefoot and unconcerned).
At times like this, every parent is torn between Homer Simpson who would drown Bart with rage and Marge Simpson who would calm down and see that it is a fortuitous accident, caused by a minor who has no idea of the danger.
Like many of you, I confess without pride that I have been on both sides, especially when, while we play, my daughter ends up elbowing me in the eye.
If that is prohibited even in wrestling, imagine if they do it to you by surprise.
When the scream comes out spontaneous and angry, the poor thing gets scared and cries, so the family trauma is double.
And the only thing missing at that time is the timely appearance of the couple, who like the typical WWF referee has never seen anything, and on top of that you have to hear why you yell at them, which is small.
So you are not alone.
Let's aspire to zen tranquility even if we have the cornea hanging and the bone coming out of the leg.
Because if one day we have to face someone in a real fight, we will be hardened and on top of that we will know the most lethal blows.
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