Sunday, April 11, 2010

Say sorry!

We teach our kids (well hopefully most of us do) from an early age how to say "Sorry".  There is all the proper etiquette involved such as ensuring that the word is not mumbled, that you are looking at the person you are apologizing too and that even though we sometimes meant the thing we did (hit your little friend with a tonka truck because he was trying to take it away) that we must say "Sorry" anyway.  The funny thing is, is that usually after the dramatic apology the kids let it go and continue playing and all is well again.  If we as adults think it is so important to have our kids learn the art of apologizing why then do we end up have such trouble with it as we grow up.  Certainly our hurts are larger and the effects greater I'm not about to act as thought they are inconequential, though they may be relative, but when did saying "Sorry" become so hard?

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