The Importance Of Teaching Kids to Apologize

THE ANGRY KID

This generation watches a lot of television. TV has change greatly over the years. The representation of the family is also hugely different. Nowadays, there is the smart mouth, sassy kid, and the comical parents who needs correcting by their children.

Oh, but when these kids on TV get angry, they rarely give up an apology easily.

THE STEPS TO FORGIVENESS and RESPECT

There is the beginning step towards mending a relationship that kids have to be taught. Human nature is to stay angry for as long as possible. We think it's to punish the other person, but the truth is, holding onto anger punishes us. The angry one.

• Acknowledgement of making a mistake
• Acknowledgement that you hurt someone by your actions
• Respect for them to express how they feel about their position in the situation

TEACHING YOUR KID TO DO IT - EVEN IF THEY ARE STILL ANGRY or NOT SORRY

Making your kid apologize may seem like it's useless if they aren't really sorry for what they've done. The thing is, it doesn't matter if they are really sorry or not. They have to be taught how to work through their anger and say their are sorry. Have them say it over and over until they have the tone right.

Yes, it will make them angrier it seems.

It is practice though that makes apologizing easier.

It is practice that teaches the tone and actions that should go into an apology.

It is apologizing that allows the person harmed to start to release and let go of the hurt and discontent that comes with being wronged.

It is the process of teaching them the lesson. Steps to making child apologize.

• Have them repeat why they are apologizing
• Then have them explain their reason why they shouldn't apologize
• If they say, "Why should I if I am not really sorry?"
• Tell them, "It's not about you 'feeling' sorry, it's about you doing the right thing and responding the right way to give the other person some peace that at least out-loud you voiced that you were sorry, which is the beginning of thinking about what you have done."
• Also tell them, "Apologizing with your whole heart will take the guilt and anger away too - especially, when the person you harmed accepts your apology and may even - apologize too."

TEACHING THE METHODS OF APOLOGIZING IS LIFE ALTERING

It helps kids to learn the freedom in giving and accepting apologies. The stress just pours out of us when we are able to get closure to a situation or event when those involve acknowledge they hurt us. Kids learning to take responsibility for their actions will take them a long way. It will make them start to think before they act.

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