If you say to your children "I'm sorry I got angry with you, but...", what follows that "but" can render the apology ineffective: "I had a bad day" or "your noise was giving me a headache" leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior. in expecting an apology.
Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say "I'm sorry you're upset"; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.
Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying "I'm useless as a parent" does not commit a person lo any specific improvement.
These pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness. Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies.
But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition, children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling other children's expectations can require an apology. A twelve-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent's clothes without permission is not.
If a mother adds "but" to an apology, ______.
A.she doesn't feel that she should have apologized
B.she does not realize that the child has been hurt
C.the child may find the apology easier to accept
D.the child may feel that he owes her an apology
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You send your children off to school and put them in the teacher's hands. Did you ever wonder what goes through a teacher's mind as he or she tries to teach your kids? Did you ever wonder how the __1__teacher expects from you, the parent? Parents can be supportive or suspicious. Then can be help to __2__the teacher , or be in need of help themselves. Some teachers think parents are too hard with their children. __3__Here is how one teacher puts:" I usually have the __4__problem of parents coming in and telling me how they really treat the kids.They tell me they stand by __5__them when they do their homework. They check their work and get a big fuss over grades. The criticize __6_the kids over everything having to do with the school. __7__My response usually is‘Well, you know, he is really a good kid. He's fine in my class. Maybe you should not be so that strict with him.’" Teachers want parents __8__to know they are professional at working with children. They have observed many children and parents .Because of this, and because of their specialised training,teachers can be realistic to children. Teachers know __9__that parents want their children to do well and to behave well. The teachers want this, either. But they know what __10__children should be able to do at different ages and stages.They expect 8-year-old work and behavior. from 8-year-olds and 12-year-old work and behavior. from 12-year-olds.
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