[james_marks]

Not a weird thing to teach a child.

It’s 5-why’s style root cause analysis, which will build a person that causes less harm to others.

I am willing to believe that the same parent also teaches when and why it is sometimes right to apologize.

[benchly]

Thanks, this is where I was coming from. I suppose I could have made that more clear in my original comment. The idea behind my style of parenting is self-reflecting and our ability to analyze the impact of our choices before we make them.

But of course, apologizing when you have definitely wronged a person is important, too. I didn't mean to come off as teaching my kid to never apologize, just think before you act. But you get the idea.

[ryandrake]

Yea, plus, anyone with kids knows that a lot of them just treat "sorry" as some sort of magic spell that you casually invoke right after you mess up, and then continue on with your ways. I teach my kid to both apologize and then consider corrective action, too.