They do complain a lot. It’s probably fine. Maybe they’re just trying to get out of school. Maybe they just want attention. Maybe it will work itself out. You know it’s probably nothing. You don’t want to make a pointless trip to the pharmacy or to the doctor, let alone the urgent care clinic.

But you know what? You’re probably not going to look back and regret taking your kids’ feelings and complaints seriously. If anything, you’re going to look back and feel terrible about the time you made them go to school with a broken wrist. You’re going to feel so guilty in the emergency room when the thing turned out to actually be something. You’re going to hate that you blew them off, that you didn’t believe them, that you minimized their pain.

Of course, every parent—especially when their kids are babies—can be a little extra. You don’t need to be a hypochondriac or a crazy person. But taking your kids seriously ages better than the alternative. And you can do this without overreacting. You can do this without being anxious or needlessly stressed out.

Treat what they’re telling you with good faith. Act like the symptoms matter, act like they mean something. Get it checked out. Hear them. Better to be glad it was nothing than feel awful when it turns out to be something.