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paul_valaru says : ...Like I say to the kids when they apologize. If you where sorry you wouldn't have done it in the first place..
Please tell me you don't shoot down a childs apology like that? I mean.. if the child DIDN'T apologize, then what would you say?
Children, as well as adults, are impulsive creatures. As we grow older, we learn to curb those impulsivities (is that even a word?) somewhat. Unless a person has a dark heart, then of course they don't MEAN to hurt someone else when they say or do something hurtful. If they DO mean to hurt them, then perhaps they were hurt and out of the need to protect themselves or stand up for themselves, they hurt back.
There are different types of *Sorry*. It depends on how it's said. BUt never, ever diminish the power of *Sorry*.
That just makes me sad to think of a child who says sorry and then an adult saying *No you aren't*. Never in MY life time would I let any man say that to my kids.
When is sorry unacceptable?
Please tell me you don't shoot down a childs apology like that? I mean.. if the child DIDN'T apologize, then what would you say?
Children, as well as adults, are impulsive creatures. As we grow older, we learn to curb those impulsivities (is that even a word?) somewhat. Unless a person has a dark heart, then of course they don't MEAN to hurt someone else when they say or do something hurtful. If they DO mean to hurt them, then perhaps they were hurt and out of the need to protect themselves or stand up for themselves, they hurt back.
There are different types of *Sorry*. It depends on how it's said. BUt never, ever diminish the power of *Sorry*.
That just makes me sad to think of a child who says sorry and then an adult saying *No you aren't*. Never in MY life time would I let any man say that to my kids.
When is sorry unacceptable?