Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
When a child does bad things, the parents are always going to love their child even if they do something bad.
My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.
When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.
Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.
I believe that children are, by nature, very forgiving. I don't think children expect their parents to be perfect. I think they demand that their parents be real.
One forgives to the degree that one loves.