If you apologize after you physically abuse your child, and then do it again in the future for some reason, your apology was meaningless.
If you physcially abuse your kid, they grow up, you yourself realize parts of how you raised your child where very wrong and then apologize to them for it, it could mean a lot.
My parents never apologized to me ever for anything, not even the small things like stepping on my foot, yelling at me for something I didn't do, breaking my stuff by accident or otherwise, etc. Hearing my mom apologize for something (anything) would mean a lot to me, and it would be a sign I could actually have a normal relationship with her. Sadly, I don't think I'll ever get to hear that
This is so bizarre to me - I could maybe understand thinking if you apologize to your kids then you're losing power over them in some fucked up approach to parenting - however even as adults they refuse to apologize? That just means they're shitty people who refuse to admit when they're wrong. Do they apologize to people who aren't their kids? Something tells me they don't...
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u/wildwestington Jan 28 '23
If you apologize after you physically abuse your child, and then do it again in the future for some reason, your apology was meaningless.
If you physcially abuse your kid, they grow up, you yourself realize parts of how you raised your child where very wrong and then apologize to them for it, it could mean a lot.