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Virtues for all Kids - Table of Contents |
Teaching Kids About Forgiveness |
Learning how to
forgive others and forgive ourselves when we make mistakes is a
lifetime asset. Kids of most abilities can learn about forgiving and
then use it with family, friends, at school or work and at play, both
giving and receiving. It is a valuable social skill.
Forgiving others and being forgiven
For example, when outdoors playing and you fall over a wagon that your
classmate left off the track, it is better to forgive that person for
their forgetfulness than hold a grudge and lose out on their friendship
for a little while or in the long run. After all, one day you may
become distracted and leave a toy in the midst of others playing which
someone is bound to trip over. You would want them to forgive you
rather than not play with you again.
Forgiving is both giving pardon and receiving pardon, and these are
skills that when practiced daily preserve the peace, and preserve
harmony all around.
Forgiving ourselves
Forgiving ourselves for not being perfect and making mistakes and
errors in judgement is very important, so that we can keep trying and
not hold ourselves back in our progress in maturing. We need to move on
and learn the skills we will need as adults to successfully navigate in
society - at work and in friendships.
And as we grow into adulthood we need to forgive ourselves for our
errors in judgement so we can go right on and try more and more new
ways of proceeding and not get stuck in a groove of remorse.
Methods of forgiveness
Saying "I'm sorry" is the way most of know to ask for forgiveness,
especially when we've hurt someone's feelings or accidentally broken
another's toy. It feels better to say the words and preserve the
friendship than try to hide from what you've done.
And we forgive ourselves from our mistakes by deciding to change our
behavior in the future, and by realizing everyone makes mistakes and it
is okay, it does not mean we are bad.
Forgiving others and ourselves is an important skill in living, giving
us opportunities to keep going forward with peace and harmony in our
lives. It is a skill to learn and practice growing up so it becomes a
regular habit when needed.
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