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When you refuse to apologize to a child, you’re unintentionally teaching them that you are always right and that saying “sorry” is a sign of weakness. But children learn by watching you. If you never apologize, they grow up believing apologies don’t matter especially to you.
As they get older and become exposed to the “magic words” of courtesy; sorry, please, excuse me, thank you, pardon me, they start to see the contradiction. That’s when some children begin to look you straight in the face without saying “sorry,” no matter how much you expect it. And that’s where the frustration begins.
When children realize you demand what you don’t model, you lose moral authority. Eventually you’ll find yourself negotiating basic respect from them, simply because the foundation wasn’t laid early.
So yes, children deserve apologies and explanations.
Not because they are small, but because they are humans learning from you in real time. When you show humility, they mirror it. When you normalize apologies, they grow into adults who can own their mistakes.
The claims by Nigerians accusing Mr. Stephen Akintayo of unethical practices in his real estate business should be heard; status and connections should not be used to silence people with genuine grievances. The relevant government agencies should begin investigating these issues.
You as an adult, with a fully functional brain, finds it hard to regulate yourself.
Yet, you expect a child, with underdeveloped brain, to know how to regulate him/herself.
Take it easy with children, pulizz
The major reason why life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is one of the lowest in the world, at 55 years, is because Nigeria is one of the deadliest places for children under the age of 5.
No one can argue that the fastest growing sector is not the prayer ministry sector. Check billboards to give you an indication of where advert revenues are coming from.
elected representatives assumes the status of God they want the citizens to come and be begging them for what is rightfully theirs reels #politics #religion #reelsviralシ
Your frustrations towards others has little to do with who they are or what they did..
Rather, it tells a lot about you!
You're either an experience your children will spend the rest of their lives healing from..
Or be the experience that helps your children heal.
How are your children experiencing you?
when i was rent-living in port harcourt, i used to think the main things that mattered when renting a house were the house itself, the rent and how close it was to work but then i lived somewhere where going outside for a simple walk was almost impossible.
like the busy road, cars everywhere, nowhere comfortable to walk. the whole area just made you want to stay inside so that's what i always did.
wake up, get in the car, drive to work, come back, park and go inside.
then one evening i visited my hommie tega who lived in another part of ph city, that euc gra area. after dinner, he said we should take a walk. we just walked around the neighbourhood for about 30 mins. we didn't gym or workout and had no particular destination in mind. just walking and talking,you know
and i remember thinking, i could actually do this every evening if i lived somewhere like this.
