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[quote=Anonymous]So this is a topic that has been on my mind for a while.  I have read the posts about children being hurt at school and wondered how I would react.  So now, I have one child who has been hurt by a child with emotional regulation challenges at school.  And I have another child who has hit his teacher when he was having emotional regulation challenges of his own.

My personal point of view as a parent is that if my child acts out towards another child, I expect my child to apologize.  And the next time I see the parent of the injured child, I also express my regret and reassure that we are working with the child/ school to prevent a recurrence. The same applies to the teacher, I expect my child to apologize to the teacher and I will too, along with strategizing to prevent a recurrence.

I will admit that my feelings are influenced by the medical model where apologizing to an injured patient really helps that patient move forward.

My DH feels that many parents of kids who act aggressively towards other children would either not feel a need/ obligation to apologize. Or they are so ashamed/ embarrassed by the situation that they would just avoid speaking of it to the affected family and expect the school to handle it.

So what say you DCUM?  If your child was the aggressor- do you apologize? If your child was hurt, do you expect an apology? What factors influence this (public/ private/ previous relationship)

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