It was just another day and it was almost bedtime. And I remembered that I had to do something before I sleep so I took out my laptop and as soon as my toddler saw it, he wanted to do worksheet on it.
I told him we will do it tomorrow and then came down to telling him that we can do it once I am done with this work but he was adamant about it and wanted it at the moment.
When he couldn’t get through me with his words, he tried to turn it up a notch and spit on me. And that triggered me and I slapped him.
And then I froze. My husband took over quickly and took him away from me telling him how spitting is bad.
He was going through this spitting phase and we have been trying to talk him out of it. And it was going pretty well until that night.
I closed my laptop and turned around and laid in bed , rewinding what had just happened. As my husband convinced our toddler to say sorry to me ‘cz he did a bad thing.
I mustered my courage and said sorry in return. I sincerely apologized to my almost 3-year-old and told him that I did a bad thing too and I will not do it again.
That day, it made me think, how it would have been if our parents apologized to us for hitting us. Would it have made a difference? Would I have hit my kid today?
And the only answer to it was “I don’t know!” but what I know is, that it was my mistake and I apologized for it and I made sure that it was a sincere apology and I won’t do it again.
I am not sure if my kid will remember it or not but I will. They are kids and still learning as they grow but I am full grown adult and I should be the one taking responsibility of my actions.
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