do you apologise to your children?

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Do you apologise to your children when you lose your rag? Or do you not lose your rag?! (please tell me how, o virtuous mumsnetters, if that's the case). I feel I've got into a pattern recently of losing rag and then apologising. I don't like it, but I think it is right to apologise. My parents never apologised to me for anything they said or did, and I often wished they had.

i apologis to dd if ive shouted unnesarily or have bumped ito her whatever..everyone coments on how polite she is with her sorry's, please's and thankyous

My DS is only 15 mo but Yes, I would apologise. I think it very important.

i apoligise if i am wrong. i don't apologise for shouting - becuase i dont shout unless its warrented and there has been a state of affairs to get to that point.

however if they told me day was night and i argued against it and then found out it was true - i would aplogise

yes and say please and thank you. I really hate it when other ppl don't mind their manners talking to my kids. It really gets on my nerves cos they would expect manners from the kids.