For Children:
"An X-ray is a picture of the inside of the body made with special rays. An X-ray can show bones, tissues or parts of organs. X-ray pictures do not hurt." Children's Health care of America. You can not see or feel x-rays. Often multiple x-rays will be taken from different angles, depending on the injury.
For Parents:
"An actual x-ray is a form of energy. Depending on the energy level of an x-ray, it can either penetrate through the body, or is absorbed. The body and its tissues have many different densities, which will affect how an image appears. Areas such as bone are not easily penetrated; therefore, they appear white on an image. Areas such as the lungs, which are mainly air, are penetrated very easily; therefore, they appear black or grayish on an image. You cannot feel an x-ray as it goes through the body." Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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