Richard R RamosRichard R. Ramos. Founder of Parents on a Mission,Youth on a Mission, and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

The Power of Apology in Parenting: Healing and Modeling Healthy Behavior

29 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, Richard R. Ramos stresses two core principles for effective parenting. First, he urges parents to focus on self‑reflection—examining how their own actions may contribute to a child’s problems—rather than trying to control the child directly, especially as children grow older and simple tactics like bribery or threats lose effectiveness. Second, he highlights the importance of parents apologizing to their children. While the concept of an apology seems simple, actually admitting fault and modeling humility can be challenging for many parents, yet it serves as a powerful example of healthy behavior for children.

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I was really surprised. Yeah. Um, so all of you listening out there, Richard just touched on 2 key points that this is really the main point that we try to get across to mom and dad. It's about us. It's about working on ourselves. Because as Richard said, you know, ultimately, you can't control your kids. I mean, that's not what this is about. You know, you could kind of control them if you— I mean, when they're little, you can kind of bribe them or threaten them, you know. But when they get older, that stuff doesn't work. So, really what it comes down to is me, you know, what am I doing maybe that's adding to this problem? And that really is the crux of it. The second thing he said was apologizing. I mean, what a concept. You know, this is not hard. Well, the idea of it, the concept. To do it though, So it isn't, isn't always easy to admit as the dad, the parent, the mom, okay, you know what?