How do we teach children to ask for forgiveness?

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To teach children to ask for forgiveness is to educate their hearts, is to teach them to be humble and have been wrong.

Asking for forgiveness must be a habit instilled from childhood. It is important to begin instructing them on how to ask for forgiveness after two (2) years of age, so that they understand what the limits are and that when these limits are exceeded, a series of consequences are produced.

Children must go through a process of learning well dedicated for this purpose, so that they understand that they have made a mistake, because if they are not made to understand the error they are having, they will use the word forgiveness, but to avoid a scolding.

The way to teach them is by telling them:

• That they have done something wrong.
• The why is wrong, that act.

It is necessary to show the scenarios in which the child understands through the comparisons what the error is and why he should ask for forgiveness.

Teaching children to apologize will depend on the circumstances, and we should give the child the opportunity to decide how to apologize.

The adult example is very important in the education of forgiveness, we must show without fear when we have made an error, because if the child sees the reasons that lead to ask for forgiveness in the performances, this will involve a positive effort.

Why do children avoid asking for forgiveness?

• Because they expect angry answers.
• Categorical discomfort
• For not facing the other person's anger.

The educator or motivator must establish methods to avoid anger, this does not mean, not to reprimand or the absence of consequences because the child has done wrong, means to control the way things are said, so we must evaluate well what we are exposing and what we want to say.

How to teach them to apologize?

It is necessary that if the children do something bad, we must first forget the scolding, we must change that habit, rather we should ask him, why have you done them? and in this way we help him understand his emotions.

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With this attitude, we are teaching the children the responsibility of their actions and, in turn, we can relate the situations so that the child understands the actions and asks for forgiveness because something was wrong.

For example.

Ask: you understand how the other person feels about their misbehavior.

You have to give the child the opportunity to choose his actions better, and the form is as follows: Tell him, if at this moment he is given the opportunity to do something different from what he has already done and that has affected other people, Would you be willing to do it ?, then the child will know how to respond, and if not, we should guide him.

Although it is easy to say and put into practice these methods, it is a bit complicated, but you have to invest time to achieve the goal.

Benefits that are acquired by learning to assume the consequences of mistakes and know how to ask for forgiveness.

• Greater understanding of the actions.
• The responsibility is assumed.
• It is possible to create empathy in situations.

 

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Activities to teach children the importance of asking for forgiveness.

When you learn to ask for forgiveness, it is when the value of the gesture takes place, of being sincere and of good heart.

Asking for forgiveness should not be something that is said lightly, it should be something that is understood by the mistakes made and that it is essential to know how to react.

Activity with puppets to understand the meaning of asking for forgiveness.

The educator must make a script with the characters and the narration of the story, where they are subjective actions of daily life, in this way the child can better understand the message sent and put it into action with any eventuality that may occur.

The figures form the visible representation of the environment and it is necessary that the facts become evident, so that the child learns the meaning of asking for forgiveness.

Then, the students will be able to express one by one, if they have lived awkward moments in which they fear apologizing for what they have done and why. This will help to alleviate the burden they have and thus they can express themselves better.

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Reading activity to understand the meaning of asking for forgiveness and its importance

A story will always be useful for children to reflect on the characters that are part of the story.

As the educator narrates the plot of the story, explains the positive and negative aspects of a child's behavior when he behaves well, does the right thing, tells lies, does not know how to apologize for the mistakes made and the consequences of the acts .

Knowing how to ask for forgiveness is not something that should be painful, on the contrary, to ask for forgiveness is to face with courage that the mistake made can help to reflect on not doing it again, and give an example of the consequences that bring bad actions.

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Real-life activity, teach a child to apologize to the person to whom he has performed an inappropriate act.

Teaching children to face situations in a personal and direct way is the best teaching that can be offered.

Children learn from this meaningful and powerful lesson about personal feeling.

Example of the activity:

If a child is offended, attacked or intimidated by another partner, and becomes evident through constant accusations or other aspects. The duty is for the child to face the situation, apologizing personally.

It is a great lesson that will help those mistakes are not repeated and in turn leave a message for other classmates.

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To educate is to speak, it is to nurture, it is to show the correct path of the actions and procedures that will mark the human being for life.

Greetings educators and motivators of education.

@SteemitEducation

@Edu-Venezuela

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