As a parent how do you bathe your son or daughter that has two broken arms?
Very carefully. You can see how much you can do none of us can. Remember the arms are going to heal and taking a bath IS optional, so not having one until they are healed is OK. People used to go months without bathing. When I was little it was a weekly ritual, the Saturday night bath. When I was a baby it happened every time an aunt showed up with my cousins. Out came the wash tub on the kitchen table and I got molested by all the girls in the family. Boy cousins were not interested apparently but all the girls had to be taught how to bathe a baby including how to peel back a foreskin while my father took home movies.
Here's another where I'd like to get a date on this, so I am responding to Mark, rather than the original submission. I'm wondering if this is a rhetorical question for those who state that a parent should NEVER! bath their child after whatever age. My quick and simple 2 part answer is, "Of course there are some circumstances when a parent should again bathe their not-so-young child. For those who think waiting until the casts come off is too long between baths, there is such a thing as a sponge-bath.
Other comments, I am assuming the arms aren't just broken but in casts too. I am one of those who believes that children should allowed to bathe themselves once they can properly clean all their body parts and not drown when left alone in the tub. I would expect this to happen between their 3rd birthday and entering kindergarten. If a parent is still bathing their child after this age, they should honor the child's request, if the child asks to be allowed to bathe themselves. This is a matter of the honoring child's self respect. I am not one who says, "NEVER!" to a parent bathing a not-so-young child, but there comes a point where it seems weird/suspicious. A 15-year-old wrote in to say that she and her father still showered together. How many of us would say, "Well, if it contributes to parent- child bonding, then who am I to question it?" Very few, I suspect.
Other comments, I am assuming the arms aren't just broken but in casts too. I am one of those who believes that children should allowed to bathe themselves once they can properly clean all their body parts and not drown when left alone in the tub. I would expect this to happen between their 3rd birthday and entering kindergarten. If a parent is still bathing their child after this age, they should honor the child's request, if the child asks to be allowed to bathe themselves. This is a matter of the honoring child's self respect. I am not one who says, "NEVER!" to a parent bathing a not-so-young child, but there comes a point where it seems weird/suspicious. A 15-year-old wrote in to say that she and her father still showered together. How many of us would say, "Well, if it contributes to parent- child bonding, then who am I to question it?" Very few, I suspect.