If a parent keeps asking a child to forgive the parent, won’t that seem like forcing a child to forgive?

You raise an important point.  If a parent insists on forgiveness, this may be giving the wrong message that the child must forgive.  The parent needs forgiveness education to know that the offer of forgiveness is the child’s choice, when the child is ready.  It is best, in my view, if the child is drawn to the beauty of forgiveness rather than seeing it as a grim obligation that is forced upon the child.  In other words, the parent needs a gently approach when asking for forgiveness.

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