"I was wrong, I'm sorry. You were right" - this is the phrase that parents so rarely say when communicating with their children, while it should be the other way around: you can not only ask your children for forgiveness, but you should.
Adults must be open and confident in themselves to have the strength to admit their mistake to their children.
This is the only way moms and dads can show that they are ordinary people and that they, too, can be wrong.
It is the duty of parents to sympathize with their children when they hurt them with their mistake.
When mothers and fathers show sincerity and modesty in their interactions with their children, they show them that perfection is impossible to achieve, either for adults or for children.
To admit their imperfections, parents must be honest.
If they take responsibility for the wrong they have done, they help the child become brave enough to recognize their own imperfections. This helps children learn balance rather than becoming perfectionists.
Taking responsibility for one's own mistakes creates an atmosphere of tolerance and openness in the family. This atmosphere becomes the foundation on which children learn to build their future relationships with other people.
Earlier we talked about how to teach a childto say “no” .
