Hello, welcome to episode 188, and today I'm answering the question, should you make your kids apologize?

Hi, this is Deney. I'm the founder of Simple Families.

Simple Families is an online community for parents who are seeking a simpler, more intentional life.

In this show, we focus on minimalism with kids, positive parenting, family wellness, and decreasing the mental load.

My perspectives are based in my firsthand experience raising kids, but also rooted in

my PhD in child development.

So you're going to hear conversations that are based in research,

but more importantly, real life.

Thanks for joining us. Welcome to Simple Families. I'm so glad to have you back. If you're new to the show,

this is our weekly Q&A episode where I take a question from an audience member.

This week I'm going to answer a question about making our kids apologize and how do we

handle it if someone else tries to make our kids apologize?

And furthermore, how do we handle it

when other adults are talking to our kids

in a way that we don't love?

Before we get into that question for the day,

I want to share my something simple that I'm loving this week.

This week it's a book.

It's called The Knowledge Encyclopedia.

It's a Smithsonian book.

I'll put the link in the show notes at simple families.com forward slash episode 188.

First let me give you a little background on why

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