How to Forgive Yourself When You Make Mistakes

The auto response of like dragging a kid over to force an apology is meaningless and doesn't teach you about empathy. I feel like that's one that I could do without with young children. All feelings are welcome, all behaviors are not. You just can't decide how you want to respond if you don't take a breath. And then the third big tool is to forgive yourself when you make mistakes.