When children get minor cuts and scrapes, and those injuries begin to heal, crusts of dried blood called 'scabs' form. Children (and even adults) have a tendency to pick at the scabs, which makes them bleed, and which can even introduce infection and make the injury worse. So parents often caution children from picking at their scabs: Stop picking at it!
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When children get minor cuts and scrapes, and those injuries begin to heal, crusts of dried blood called 'scabs' form. Children (and even adults) have a tendency to pick at the scabs, which makes them bleed, and which can even introduce infection and make the injury worse.
So parents often caution children from picking at their scabs:
Stop picking at it! You'll only make it wo