Saying sorry is the hardest thing

The Australian government has apologised for past grievances it caused the Aboriginal community especially the stolen generations. The stolen generations were Aboriginal children of mixed - descent who the government took away from their families. The policy was introduced as the government thought that these children were mistreated and abandon in the aboriginal communities. This misconception led to a lot of heartache as children who were generally happy in their community were stolen from the community and therefore grew up without knowing their families and culture. This has had a great impact on the Aboriginals as many of them probably grew up not knowing who their parents are. This is sad just plain sad and it is good that the government has apologised even though it wasn't the present governments fault. It shows that the world is starting to recognise its past mistakes and is at least trying to heal them.