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Public Correction and Adult Repair Card

Check the fact before protecting your pride.

Ten minutes after an ordinary correctionFree · Two-page fillable PDF

Companion to When Your Child Corrects You in Front of Other People.

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Hypothetical example: a mother announces the wrong pickup time, her son corrects it sharply, and she fixes the time before addressing his tone privately.

01Listen for the actual correction

Identify the actual disputed fact.

02Repair the information people will use

Verify and repair the adult statement.

03Separate accuracy from an unkind delivery

Separate accuracy from delivery.

04Own the adult part without bargaining

Choose a private follow-up and a new response.

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