How do I explain scars when a young child asks about them?

Just explain them normally. Such as " I was hurting bad inside so I did this to stop hurting, but I'm better now, and nobody should ever do these."

the scars shows that im strong and i have made it ,and the scars also reminder that i have passed life test

if it's about your scars, just say a dog or a cat scratched you... if it's about his suspicious scars, explain his it is a way to release the pain in his head, but still harmful to his growing body.

An excuse is you could say its scarification tattoo. If you really wanted to evade the truth. Its hard for a kid to understand.

Young children have the kind of faith that most adults don't have. To be honest you can tell them something silly to lighten the mood in the meantime. And when they get older and understand a little more about the world, you can say that life just gets difficult to manage, but the scars you have remind you of how you overcame those hard times, and prospered when it felt impossible to do so.

You can tell the child that you got hurt once and it left a scar behind. You don't have to tell them what happened in great detail, but of course if they insist you can just say something that would be easier to understand like falling down and landing on a sharp object or something.

I have scars from a horrible accident I was in. People stare all the time, when adults do it, I just say in the midst of the stares, "I was in an accident", and they normally say oh ok and continue on with the conversation. With a young child I tell them I was in an accident, and I don't go into detail, but I ask them if they want to touch them, they always say yes, and it seems to make them feel better because they are using the touch and sight senses. I hope that made sense. :)

Scars and explanation about them to children are tough sometimes you can just say that you fought a monster (monster here being either the incident or self harm) some kids will ask about said monster describ any thing you want here - If you want to honest with a you can start with the monster fight thing as an opener Example: Child - What happened to your arm Person - I fought a monster Child - Really Person -yep it was scary and took a long time to beat Child - What did it look like - This you can go two different directions with- 1 person - Well it had sharp teeth and claws and it always came around when I was upset etc 2 person - I was the monster and had to stop myself from hurting me

children might not understand when you tell them. so maybe just lie to them, or just say you are having a hard time. but dont lie to adults who understand. they can help you out.

The best way to explain scars to a young child is to tell them the truth, but in a way in which they understand, such as "these happened when I wasn't feeling very well and I needed a way to release my feelings", and if they are old scars then you could follow it by saying "but I haven't had to do that in a long time and I'm feeling much better for it". I think that this would be the best way to explain in, so that they understand what is happening and don't feel like they are being treated like a child.