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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 303539" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Some people are not good at formally apologising.</p><p></p><p>An apologiy is important, but it needs to be freely offered. And like other skills, he just may not be good at it yet.</p><p></p><p>However, far more important - how does he feel now about what he did? If he is saying he knows he shouldn't have done it, he knows it was wrong, he wishes he hadn't done it - that is huge. </p><p></p><p>And with some adults, that is more than you ever get.</p><p></p><p>My father could never apologise. Other people can only offer a conditional apology. "I'm sorry I hit you; but you made me so angry."</p><p></p><p>But to say, "I really wish I hadn't done that," is a good start along the road to never doing it again.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 303539, member: 1991"] Some people are not good at formally apologising. An apologiy is important, but it needs to be freely offered. And like other skills, he just may not be good at it yet. However, far more important - how does he feel now about what he did? If he is saying he knows he shouldn't have done it, he knows it was wrong, he wishes he hadn't done it - that is huge. And with some adults, that is more than you ever get. My father could never apologise. Other people can only offer a conditional apology. "I'm sorry I hit you; but you made me so angry." But to say, "I really wish I hadn't done that," is a good start along the road to never doing it again. Marg [/QUOTE]
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