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Apologize While They're Still Little
An apology from a parent teaches safety, not weakness.
I wish more parents understood this: apologizing to your child does not shrink you. It teaches them what repair looks like. If you wait until they're grown to admit you were wrong, the distance may already have roots.
Shared from one person's lived experience, not offered as a universal rule.