Over-apologizing can "soften your message" and "make others perceive you as weak," says communication expert Lorraine K. Lee, ...

No matter what type of relationship you have with the person, there are other ways to say "sorry for you loss" to express your concern and consolation in a genuine way. Whether it's for a friend ...

Let the person that you hurt have their say." Ingall said saying the word "sorry" may seem obvious ... a bad apology can even make things worse. "It's akin to the cover-up being worse than ...

Either way it's probably safe to say I have some self esteem issues that need addressing... The worst example of "sorry" being overused as a word is at railway stations when a disembodied recorded ...

Example: She knows she can’t pluck our neighbors’ flowers but will grab one and then immediately realize what she did and say ... “Sorry!” There’s never any remorse; it’s almost ...

But instead of making them say “sorry,” Shumaker writes that it’s more effective to model saying sorry when you as a parent screw up. Just make sure your own apologies are meaningful.