How to Teach Your Child to Make a True Apology

Key points

It is hard for most of us to apologize, even when we know we were wrong.

An apology can repair a rift that might otherwise wreck a relationship.

You can teach your child that rather than making us weak, an apology when we are wrong comes from strength.

It is hard for so many of us of all ages to apologize sincerely. We have found in our therapy work that an apology or the lack of one can be pivotal in a relationship and yet we hear the struggles many people experience when they do not make them or may not receive them. What we are referring to are those smaller day-to-day moments when we misstep by saying or doing something hurtful. We wanted to talk with you about why we don’t do them, how to work with that for you and your child, and what a true apology sounds like.

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