Why is this even a question? How is your child meant to learn to apologize when you don’t do it yourself as a parent?
This is actually a really important factor in how I establish healthy, trusting relationships with kiddos at work. I am a human and therefore make mistakes, which children will catch and call me out for, because children are information sponges with no verbal filters.
When a kid says, “but miss tommy, i thought you said we’re not supposed to do that,” I answer, “You’re right. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that. I won’t do it again.” It could be something small, maybe a kid sees me biting my nails, or maybe I grabbed a kid by the arm who was about to collide with something solid but I grabbed too hard. Whatever it is, it’s important to
acknowledge the mistake,
apologize to the kid,
and verbalize a plan to correct it.
Not only does this model HOW to make an effective apology, but it establishes trust on many levels. The children who witness the exchange now know that:
I will be honest with them even if it does not serve my ego,
I care about their feelings,
and I am taking their needs seriously.
Apologize to your kids when you mess up! It won’t diminish your authority as their grown-up, it shows that you respect that authority!
This is one thing emotionally abusive parents are known for. Holding power over accountability and they wonder why their children don’t want to be around when they get older.
narcissa is possibly the most competent person to ever hold the name malfoy
That’s cause she married in, Narcissa is competent because she was a fucking Black.
Bellatrix? Queen of torture death and chaos, fucked up but she was very good at it.
Andromeda? Broke thousands of years of tradition to cut ties with her toxic family so she could love who she wanted not to mention effectively love and raise Nymphadora, the hufflepuff prankster we all love.
Regulus? First to get at through Voldemort’s defenses and find one of his horcruxes. Then left a fucking note. Petty and iconic.
Sirius? Became an animagus, a very difficult and dangerous thing to do, at a very young age and helped create The Marauder’s Map, an indispensable and nearly unheard of magical item, while still underaged just because he really liked his friends. Nevermind all the shit he got up to after.
The Black family don’t play and Narcissa 100% like that because she was a Black. The Malfoys couldn’t find that much BDE with both hands down their pants and a fucking map
Ppl be like “ I want an actual male gem, not just Steven.”
Jeez, it’s like having only one character
to represent your whole gender
in a group composed all of another gender
is a bit upsetting huh?
I wonder
what
that’s like
no really
can you
even imagine
what this lack of representation
MUST
FEEL
LIKE
This
post
isn’t
long
enough
none of the listed shows are named after the one female character, either
it’s actually physically impossible for me to not reblog this post.
I want to say I’ve reblogged this before, but I’m reblogging again for the brilliant addition of, “None of the listed shows are named after the one female character, either” because FUCKING THANK YOU.
mmmmmhm.
Every time I reblog this, there are new shows on the list.