When is it too late to apologize? Never! It is never too late!
Updated: Nov 14, 2018
One of the best gifts you can give your child is to apologize to them when you do something wrong or could have handled a situation better...
It doesn't matter if your child is 3,6,13,18,22,30,40 or even 50.
It doesn't matter if it happened 5 minutes ago, 5 years ago or 50 years ago.
Apologize and release them from it because even if they don't remember that particular situation there is another situation they do remember that the apology can help heal that. Even the smallest thing 20 years ago an apology can do so much healing. Some of the deepest scars are from family because the most painful feeling is your family not seeing, not hearing and not acknowledging your pain. We are parents not the Dali lama we are going to fuck up it's bound to happen but the real damage is in ignoring it, hiding it and not acknowledging that you fucked up.
It is never too late to heal some of the pain. Continuing to ignore it and not recognize it or even worse attempting to skew their view of things to make them seem like the problem just causes more pain and is something called gaslighting. Whether an aunt, uncle, parent, or grandparent it is never too late to show accountability no matter how much it hurts your pride and ego it IS important and necessary.
Apologizing to them shows them how others should treat them, it builds their self worth and makes it harder for some Jack ass to take advantage of them because they are use to being treated like crap.
You are your child's first lines defense and when you weaken their shields you make it easier for someone else to do even more damage.
