5 Ways to Help Your Child Make Their Apologies More Meaningful

Once it's been established that your child understands flipping over their bowl of macaroni and cheese screaming, "I WANTED A HOT DOG," was wrong, you can move on to why it was wrong. Talk about whose feelings it may have hurt and why, then have that person (in this scenario, likely you, the maker of the unwanted macaroni) acknowledge their hurt feelings.

Helping your child to understand that their actions affect other people is one of the most important lessons you can teach them.