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Say you're sorry - mean it
There's one thing that's pretty consistent about
parenting your kids: You'll keep making mistakes
with them. Whether it's getting angry, forgetting
something, or treating them badly, we all seem to
make our share of mistakes. And sometimes, there's
only one thing you can do about it:
Say you're sorry - mean it - and move on in your
life.
If you tell your child you're sorry and you're
really not, they'll know it. If you beat yourself
up after screwing something up, you're liable to
lose the learning along the way. Fathers who don't
apologize are monsters. Fathers who apologize over
and over create monsters!
It's not an easy thing to do, saying you're
sorry to your child. Part of you may ask, "Why
should I say sorry to you after all I've done for
you?" Say it anyway. After all, kids don't need
perfect fathers.
They just need fathers that are trying to get
better.
© 2008 Mark
Brandenburg
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To this day I can remember my father's
voice, singing over me in the stillness of the
night. - Carl G. Jung
Mark has
a Masters degree in counseling psychology and has
been a counselor, business consultant, sports
counselor, and a certified life and business coach.
He has worked with individuals, teams, and
businesses to improve their performance for over 20
years. Prior to life and business coaching Mark was
a world-ranked professional tennis player and has
coached other world-ranked athletes. He has helped
hundreds of individuals to implement his coaching
techniques. Mark specializes in coaching men to
balance their lives and to improve the important
relationships in their lives. He is the author of
the popular e-books, 25
Secrets of Emotionally Intelligent
Fathers
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and Fix
Your Wife in 30 Days or Less (And Improve Yourself
at the Same Time
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Mark is also the publisher of the “Dads
Don’t Fix your Kids” ezine for fathers.
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