How it should be done. If you freak out, they assume from your reaction that they've been grievously injured.
Or you end up with a kid who learns they need to ham it up because they want a more drastic reaction from you. Or you end up with a kid who still cries hysterically at EVERY trip, bump and fall.
Not saying OP has the wrong idea. It's precisely what I did with my kids. But it's not some magical behavioral voodoo hack for kids.
Man, these old people aren't planting trees. That's part of the problem. They aren't making the world better for the later generations. They are actively making things worse for the later generations.
Ugh. Get out of here with that. It's possible to be just plain lazy without being depressed.