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11th June 2022
08:00am BST

The trick was first shared back in 2017, but it's been doing the rounds again - and we'd imagine it's just as effective as ever.
He began by explaining that his daughter has a lot of "owies" she complains about, and that anything which causes a bit of pain requires a kiss or a band-aid.
Yep, sounds pretty familiar.
The dad went on to tell his fellow Redactors how he had just worked a night shift, only getting five hours sleep, when his little girl hurt her hand and needed a kiss.
He continued:
"Since I was in a silly mood and had a blue sharpie on me, I told her that the sharpie was a magic marker that would made the pain go away. "I drew a little blue X on her. She pointed to a 2 more owies and 2 more blue X's were added.He added that not only did it work, but the "best thing" about it was that it made his daughter happy and "annoyed the wife."
A few weeks later, the little girl scraped her shin and the trick worked again.
The dad wrote:
"I suggested the 'magic marker'. My wife handed me the blue sharpie and a little blue X went right next to the scrape.
"The crying stopped immediately. I asked her if she needed another Magic mark. She said no and hopped happily off my lap."
Ok so we're all trying this, yes? Possibly with a less permanent marker though.