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Do You Apologize To Your Kids?

How often do you say you’re sorry? Not for accidentally stepping on your child’s foot while making a mad dash to remove a burning ham from the oven. Or for being late to pick up your son from football practice, or for inadvertently tossing out moldy bread that was your daughter’s science experiment. Those are instances that incontestably deserve an apology, and most parents acknowledge this fact. But, how often do you apologize to your kids for displacing your anger, frustration and resentment on them about things that have nothing to do with them? That’s the question I dared ask … Continue reading →

The Fine Art of the Apology

Learning to apologize well can be one of the hardest things we humans learn. I don’t know about you, but even though I thought I had it down pretty well, motherhood has added a whole new layer and lots of wrinkles to apologizing. Learning how to apologize to our kids, ask for forgiveness, and model forgiving and understanding behaviors as a parent can be tough. Now I know what is meant by the “art” of apology. Knowing when, how, and doing it with honesty and humbleness as a mom or dad is challenging! I know there are those parents who … Continue reading →

“I’m Not Sorry I Did It”

We want our children to feel remorse. For some reason, we parents tend to think if we just hear them say that they are sorry, they will feel remorse and be less likely to do something in the future. Some parents even use the “say your sorry” as part of a disciplining process. When a child is able to end a time out, for example, she has to make apology to the wounded party. Inevitably, however, you are going to hear an outspoken and honest child announce, “But I’m NOT sorry I did it!” Then what? I have been blessed … Continue reading →

Saying Things You Regret

Yesterday, I wrote about different ways of coping with the typical anger and frustration that parenting can bring. Of course, we are not all perfect and as flawed human beings we don’t always handle things with our children as we would like to. There are those times when we have outbursts or we say things we either immediately regret, or come to regret later on. What can be done about those times when we let slip things we wish we hadn’t? Many of us parents have the best of intentions, yet we mess up and do things we regret. It … Continue reading →

Can You Be Too Apologetic?

I have written lately about how we naturally make mistakes as we go through life–particularly as they pertain to our home-based businesses. It got me to thinking about making apologies and amends and I remembered learning years ago that in the workplace one should only apologize once for a mistake, attempt to fix it, and then move on. I wondered if this “rule” still works when applied to our home businesses? It is one thing to own up to mistakes and make every attempt to make things right. It is quite another to be so apologetic as to appear weak … Continue reading →

Why Is It So Hard To Say “I’m Sorry?”

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Most people find it pretty hard to apologize. Why is this? We do something wrong, we acknowledge to ourselves that we have done something wrong, and yet we may still find it hard to get those two little words out from between our pursed lips. So, why is it so hard to apologize? Everyone makes mistakes. To deny that is to be out of touch with reality. So why are we so hard on ourselves when the time comes to say “I’m sorry”? One of the common mistakes that people often make when it comes to making an apology is … Continue reading →

When An Apology Is Not An Apology (2)

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Have you ever had an apology from someone who says they are sorry and then proceeds to tell you all the reasons why it wasn’t their fault? And does this qualify as an apology? Most people don’t feel quite satisfied after hearing the words “I’m sorry” followed by a list of excuses proclaiming the person’s innocence. In When An Apology Is Not An Apology (1), we looked at the case of Paul and his sister-in-law, Elise. As a lawyer, Paul had volunteered to find out for Elise the exact nature of the crimes that had occurred during her sexual assault. … Continue reading →

“The View” News: Rosie’s Apology and Star’s New Gig

Is it too little too late? Rosie O’Donnell used ABC’s “The View” as a venue to make a formal, on-camera apology and directly address the issue of her now-infamous attempt at “humor” by imitating a Chinese person. O’ Donnell replayed the offending segment, which originally ran December 5th, then issued this statement: “This apparently was very offensive to a lot of Asian people. So I asked Judy, who’s Asian and works here in our hair and makeup department. I said, ‘Was it offensive to you?’ And she said, ‘Well, kinda. When I was a kid people did tease me by … Continue reading →