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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 298590" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Words certainly hold alot of power. Power to remain with us much of our lives depending on the situation. That being said, words said in anger or heat of the moment, careless ones ... they CAN be altered to lose the painful consequences. Via more words. Forgiving yourself is great advice and I fully agree. I am a firm believer that if our kids mention something that pains them that we've said in the past, we can use new words to take the sting out, by virtue of a true apology. Now we all know we can't MAKE others see we meant no harm and spoke out of turn, but you know, an apology can make the world of difference. I know some things said to me in my life, if I had recieved an apology (even later on down the line) I probably wouldn't think twice about them today.</p><p>We've all said things and later on went "uh oh". As much as we've done, so too have our kids, and they will have the same experience as parents themselves. We're human and to err is human. Be kind to yourself!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 298590, member: 4264"] Words certainly hold alot of power. Power to remain with us much of our lives depending on the situation. That being said, words said in anger or heat of the moment, careless ones ... they CAN be altered to lose the painful consequences. Via more words. Forgiving yourself is great advice and I fully agree. I am a firm believer that if our kids mention something that pains them that we've said in the past, we can use new words to take the sting out, by virtue of a true apology. Now we all know we can't MAKE others see we meant no harm and spoke out of turn, but you know, an apology can make the world of difference. I know some things said to me in my life, if I had recieved an apology (even later on down the line) I probably wouldn't think twice about them today. We've all said things and later on went "uh oh". As much as we've done, so too have our kids, and they will have the same experience as parents themselves. We're human and to err is human. Be kind to yourself! [/QUOTE]
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