When I was in grade five, the teacher stepped out of the classroom for a bit and a boy started chasing me around trying to hurt me. I was running and screaming in terror. When the teacher came back in the room, he saw me running, but not my bully who'd sat down right away.

I was told to report for detention.

Later on, the teacher apologized to me because he'd found out what happened. It was the first time a grownup ever apologized to me.

I'd come to believe that no adult would ever believe me.

Normalize apologizing to children. Normalize admitting to them when you are wrong.
#apologies #children