Parents: Take a timeout before you force your child to apologize | University of Michigan News

Parents who force unremorseful kids to apologize to others before they’re truly sorry may do more harm than good. That’s because the point main point of an apology—to express remorse and repair relationships—is lost because children may dislike the apologizer even more after the insincere apology than before. Children know when you mean you’re truly sorry....
https://news.umich.edu/parents-take-a-timeout-before-you-force-your-child-to-apologize/