{"id":793,"date":"2014-12-28T16:09:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T23:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/?page_id=793"},"modified":"2015-07-08T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T23:03:10","slug":"magic-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/magic-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Words"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sweet

Sweet Emily<\/p><\/div>\n

“I’m sorry”<\/em>
\n “I did wrong”<\/em>
\n “Can you forgive me?”<\/em><\/p>\n

These words seem to be getting pretty scarce these days!<\/p>\n

I think the most important words a mother can say to her children is, “Can you forgive me?<\/strong>” We all make mistakes\u2014parents especially\u2014as the job of raising children is challenging indeed! What a peaceful, loving feeling comes into a home when a parent will admit they’ve been insensitive, impatient, or unfair, and humbly ask their children for forgiveness. It always stuns me how quickly and freely a child will excuse them when parents are actually willing to admit they misjudged. It opens children’s eyes to see Mom as a real person struggling to improve, instead of the “always-right-authority”.<\/p>\n

I thought “please”<\/em> was the magic word, but I have traded it in for “I’m sorry. Can you forgive me?”<\/em> Sincerely try it with your child today. You’ll be amazed!
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“I’m sorry” “I did wrong” “Can you forgive me?” These words seem to be getting pretty scarce these days! I think the most important words a mother can say to her children is, “Can you forgive me?” We all make mistakes\u2014parents especially\u2014as the job of raising children is challenging indeed! What a peaceful, loving feeling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[295,296,106],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homeschooling-parenting","category-why-homeschool","tag-forgiveness","tag-im-sorry","tag-social-skills","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/emily.jpg?fit=328%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6IrRN-cN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":447,"url":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/anti-busting-campaign\/","url_meta":{"origin":793,"position":0},"title":"My “Anti-Busting” Campaign","author":"Diane Hopkins","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Pick up your shoes\" \"Don't slam the door\" \"Why are you late?\" \"Didn't you remember to _______?\" You're BUSTED! 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