Alison Wood Brooks

Apologizing requires that you make yourself vulnerable to the other person. It feels like it requires you to humble yourself. It can feel like you are admitting that you were wrong in some way. And it makes yourself vulnerable to the other person because they could exploit that and say, oh, yes, you were wrong. I was right. And that just takes an incredible amount of humility.

Apologizing requires that you make yourself vulnerable to the other person. It feels like it requires you to humble yourself. It can feel like you are admitting that you were wrong in some way. And it makes yourself vulnerable to the other person because they could exploit that and say, oh, yes, you were wrong. I was right. And that just takes an incredible amount of humility.

Apologizing requires that you make yourself vulnerable to the other person. It feels like it requires you to humble yourself. It can feel like you are admitting that you were wrong in some way. And it makes yourself vulnerable to the other person because they could exploit that and say, oh, yes, you were wrong. I was right. And that just takes an incredible amount of humility.

But in practice, when you go through with it and you apologize, doesn't necessarily equate to an admission of blameworthiness. It just feels so good for the other person to be on the receiving end of it that it makes the conversation and the relationship so much better.

But in practice, when you go through with it and you apologize, doesn't necessarily equate to an admission of blameworthiness. It just feels so good for the other person to be on the receiving end of it that it makes the conversation and the relationship so much better.

But in practice, when you go through with it and you apologize, doesn't necessarily equate to an admission of blameworthiness. It just feels so good for the other person to be on the receiving end of it that it makes the conversation and the relationship so much better.

I want you to tell me the story of when your son Kevin was a toddler. I understand to the extent that he could talk, you had a series of very difficult conversations. Tell me how those went and what happened, Alison.

I want you to tell me the story of when your son Kevin was a toddler. I understand to the extent that he could talk, you had a series of very difficult conversations. Tell me how those went and what happened, Alison.

I want you to tell me the story of when your son Kevin was a toddler. I understand to the extent that he could talk, you had a series of very difficult conversations. Tell me how those went and what happened, Alison.

Oh, my sweet Kevin. So Kevin's nine now, but back when he was, and he's a terrific kid, back when he was a toddler, he was a late talker. He was really frustrated and he had so many big ideas and he couldn't express them. And so he would get really angry and mad and yell and scream and sort of flop around.

Oh, my sweet Kevin. So Kevin's nine now, but back when he was, and he's a terrific kid, back when he was a toddler, he was a late talker. He was really frustrated and he had so many big ideas and he couldn't express them. And so he would get really angry and mad and yell and scream and sort of flop around.

Oh, my sweet Kevin. So Kevin's nine now, but back when he was, and he's a terrific kid, back when he was a toddler, he was a late talker. He was really frustrated and he had so many big ideas and he couldn't express them. And so he would get really angry and mad and yell and scream and sort of flop around.

And one day during one of these sort of tantrums, he reared his head back and he sort of butted his head right into my face and he broke my nose. Wow. And it was so painful and so physically painful, of course, but also emotionally painful. Like as a mother, how do I have this child who's capable of like hurting me in this way? And how do I teach him to not be this way?

And one day during one of these sort of tantrums, he reared his head back and he sort of butted his head right into my face and he broke my nose. Wow. And it was so painful and so physically painful, of course, but also emotionally painful. Like as a mother, how do I have this child who's capable of like hurting me in this way? And how do I teach him to not be this way?

And one day during one of these sort of tantrums, he reared his head back and he sort of butted his head right into my face and he broke my nose. Wow. And it was so painful and so physically painful, of course, but also emotionally painful. Like as a mother, how do I have this child who's capable of like hurting me in this way? And how do I teach him to not be this way?

And I just remember I plopped him down and I ran over to the mirror to see if my face was okay. And it was a really dramatic moment that it was really hard. And he was so young. It was hard to decide how to react in that moment.

And I just remember I plopped him down and I ran over to the mirror to see if my face was okay. And it was a really dramatic moment that it was really hard. And he was so young. It was hard to decide how to react in that moment.

And I just remember I plopped him down and I ran over to the mirror to see if my face was okay. And it was a really dramatic moment that it was really hard. And he was so young. It was hard to decide how to react in that moment.

I understand that you came back to this incident some years later, Alison. Can you tell me what happened?

I understand that you came back to this incident some years later, Alison. Can you tell me what happened?