Post #1031

society, parenting, invisible problems "so many people seem completely unaware of what a genuine apology is. and thats because children are forced to say sorry on command. before they ever had a chance to process what they did, why they did it, what effect it had on others, or what they should have done instead, they're expected to say that they're sorry. and they're expected to "say it like you mean it" with no indication of what that even means and with no time to figure out how to phrase it correctly. sometimes, even when the child's actions are justified by any logical reasoning, they're expected to apologize because an authority figure demands it. the goal of saying sorry ends up being solely to avoid punishment. and they phrase the apology in whatever way the authority figure will accept. the result is an entire society filled with people who give completely useless apologies that appear like they're only trying to avoid punishment."