This week Forgiveness is the aim of the game! Teaching kids about forgiveness can be challenging because you want your kids to learn to forgive the small stuff and also learn to set boundaries at the same time.

This will require constant conversations about what’s happening in their lives and what is forgivable and what isn’t.

This is a great time to speak to your child about body boundaries also.

Another topic to touch on is forgiveness of self as we all make mistakes and rather than beat up on ourselves it is important to recognise lessons in life and that learnings come from making mistakes and reflecting on what they could do differently next time.

A friend of mine was visiting her family recently and told me how her granddaughter hit her on a sensitive part of her body and she let her grandaughter know it hurt her. 

The granddaughter was told by her son (granddaughter’s father) to say sorry. Granddaughter apologised by saying the words. What touched my friend was a few hours later her granddaughter was playing with my friends hair and said out of the blue ‘I really am sorry (name), I didn’t mean to hurt you’.

When forgiveness comes from the heart it means so much more.
There’s so much here to impart to your child – forgiveness, setting boundaries, reflection, friendships, love … I’d love to hear of any stories you have to share!