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My #1 parenting tip

Name: My #1 parenting tip
Uploaded: 2026-03-03T15:47:44+00:00
Duration: 51 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this short YouTube monologue, CPA Shanli Liu shares her top parenting tip for fostering better communication in children. She emphasizes the…

3 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube monologue, CPA Shanli Liu shares her top parenting tip for fostering better communication in children. She emphasizes the importance of parents modeling repair by being the first to apologize, doing so swiftly, and doing it at the child's eye level. By openly acknowledging mistakes, saying "I'm sorry," and asking for forgiveness, parents can break intergenerational cycles of unspoken conflict and teach kids how to repair relational ruptures. The speaker provides concrete phrasing and a personal example, illustrating how this practice normalizes accountability and improves family communication.

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If you want to teach your children to be a better communicator, this is what you have to do. You have to be able to model repair. What does that sound like? You have to be first to apologize and apologize fast, real fast. The quicker you apologize, the quicker that repair and that recovery happens. I'm willing to bet that some of you listening right now never heard one of your parents apologize. So when I say something wrong and I say something that I know, like, oh God, I can't believe I just said that, I'm very quick to say, hey, Daddy shouldn't have said that. I should have said that kinder. That's what it sounds like. I look them in the eye, and if I can, I get them on eye level, and I say, hey, I'm sorry, you forgive me? That right there, I'm breaking cycles. You can break cycles when you get down on their level and say, I mess up too. Hey, do you know that mom and dad, we mess up too? Yeah, that was the time I messed up. That's modeling repair. Apologize when you make mistakes.