From a very early age, we learn that life is not fair. Children have a keen understanding of this concept.

When someone breaks a rule,

or makes a decision or behaves in a way that puts children at a disadvantage, they instantly respond "That isn't fair!"

As parents, we need to teach our children that fairness is about actions and consequences that are moral, honorable and equitable. A
parent's role in teaching and modeling fairness is twofold: First, we must both respond to our child's need to be treated fairly, and
second, we must also teach our child to be fair and to play fair.

Modeling fairness is extremely important common sense parenting. As parents, we have an amazing amount of control over our
children's lives. We determine allowance amounts, bed times, punishments and praise. We have a responsibility to be fair and
consistent and not to abuse our power.

There are two types of fairness:

Fair results, or substantive fairness

Fair procedures , or procedural fairness

Substantive fairness: This means giving people what they deserve. However, deciding what people deserve is subjective. There is
often no agreed-upon standard for establishing what a person is due. Thus, it is not always possible to come to an undisputable, fair
conclusion.

This is especially true for teenagers. Teenagers tend to think that a fair decision results in them getting what they want. Likewise, an
unfair decision results in them not getting what they want. Your teen will not always agree that an outcome is fair, but if you reach a
decision thoughtfully and according to your conscience, that is the best any parent can do.

Procedural Fairness: Procedural fairness relates to how one reaches a decision. Fair decisions are made in an appropriate manner
based on appropriate criteria. Four essential elements of reaching a fair decision are fair notice, impartiality, fact-gathering and fair
hearing.

1. Fair notice: Parents clearly outline rules, expectations and consequences for breaking the rules.
2. Impartiality: Parents assess the situation objectively.
3. Fact-gathering: Parents gather all the information they can by talking to their child and verifying the facts if necessary.
 4. Fair hearing: Parents give their child the opportunity to tell his or her side of the story, and then thoroughly investigate the
matter to ensure that all of the important information has been gathered. Being heard - explaining and defending oneself - is
very important, especially to a teen. It is also necessary when determining consequences for breaking the rules.

A fair procedure should result in a fair decision. Consequences and punishments must match the offense. General parenting advice is
to avoid overzealous punishments. Fair, reasonable punishments will result in better behaviors than wildly overreactive ones.

Fairness is a two-way street. You, as a parent, need to make it clear to your child, especially teenagers, that you expect fairness from
him or her as much as they want fairness from you. And it is extremely important that you model fairness to your child by being as
open, honest and objective in your decision-making as possible.

For more information on this topic, check out Parenting to Build Character in Your Teen. How to Deal with Unfairness and Change
the Things You Can
By Lori Deschene
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit
Many times in the past, Ive complained that things werent fair.
Sometimes I was legitimately wrongedlike when I was a kid and an adult in my life regularly told people lies about me, seemingly
to justify her disdain and mistreatment.
Other times, I victimized myself to avoid taking responsibilitylike when I didnt prepare well and bombed at a community theater
audition, but attributed my failure to favoritism.
As an indignant adolescent, I blamed many of my difficult early experiences for the perpetual chip on my shoulder. I bemoaned the
injustices of the world because I felt so many befell me.
It wasnt my fault that I was angry all the time; there was just a lot to be bitter about. At least thats what I thought back then.
One day, when I was commiserating with a friend who was upset about a seemingly unfair situation in her life, I wondered: What
good does this do us?
Grumbling about injustice doesnt make things just, and the ensuing hostility doesnt help us effectively address things that need
fixing.
You cant create positive change from a negative mindset. You have to heal your pain before you can set out to heal the world.
And you have to stop seeing yourself as a victim if you want to access your personal power.
Still, despite knowing this and making a conscious effort to change, I still feel an instinctively strong and irate response to perceived
unfairness at times.
If a friend gets passed over for a promotion because it went to the bosss daughter, I feel outraged for that friend.
If I see someone hit a parked car and speed away, I seriously consider following them and issuing a citizens arrest.
If I believe someone is earning boatloads of money unethically, I ruminate on how its not right, and wish I could do something to stop
it.
I think its wrong when someone cuts in line; its wrong when someone bucks a system; its wrong when systems dont do what
theyre supposed tothe list goes on and on.
Im learning to understand my strong emotional response so that I can challenge the feelings and thoughts that disempower me. If
youd like to do the same, you may find this post helpful.

OUR BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO UNFAIRNESS

While we all learned about fairness in childhood, scientists have proven were actually hardwired for it.
Studies have shown that the reward centers of our brains activate when we recognize fairness, even when it pertains to someone else.
When we witness unfairness, it triggers our amygdala, the primitive part of the brain that controls fear and anger.
This means that when we feel like weve been treated unfairly, we go into fight or flight mode, with its resulting sense of anxiety.
Psychologists suggest that when we fight for fairness for others, its actually self-interest in disguise; meaning weve recognized it
provides us with some type of advantage to be fair.
No matter how you slice it, we experience a strong, instant physical and biological reaction to perceived injustices, and this can limit
our ability to think rationally and respond proactively.

LIFE ISNT ALWAYS FAIR

Every day, we have abundant opportunity to recognize injustice, on scales large and small, in our own lives and the lives of people we
love.
You could find out you make less than someone else in the same job.
You could lose a promotion to someone else who is far less qualified.
You could lose a court case when it feels obvious someone else was in the wrong.
You could discover that a friend of yours is losing her savings because her accountant mismanaged her money.
You could learn that someone you trusted to care for your mother took advantage of her good nature.
You can find out that your sisters losing her home because of predatory lending.
And this doesnt even touch upon the massive injustices happening all over the world, far outside the scope of our everyday
experience.
Life isnt always fair. Whether its self-preservation, basic human decency, or a combination of both, we want to change that.
In some cases, we can. We are not powerless, and we dont have to simply accept every injustice as an unavoidable part of life.
We do, however, need to accept that our response to perceived wrongs affects our ability to right them.

DEALING WITH UNFAIRNESS

Those people who dont let unfairness make them bitter arent somehow better than others.
They arent necessarily people who havent experienced severe injustice or inequality; and they also arent people who simply accept
whatever happens without ever taking a stand.
The people who handle unfairness well possess three things in common:
 They catch their emotional response before it leads to obsessive thinking

They think rationally before they act

They recognize the difference between what they can control and what they cant

STOPPING OBSESSIVE THINKING

Dwelling on unfairness doesnt do anything to change it; it actually affects our ability to do that since obsessive thinking drains our
energy, magnifies our emotions, and keeps us more focused on problems than solutions.
This has been the biggest challenge for me, as Ive found it almost satisfying at times to think about things that seem wrongas if this
is productive.
If you struggle with this as well, recognize when you start fixating on blaming thoughts, and visualize a stop sign in your head. Then
repeat an affirmation along the lines of, This isnt productive. It is what it is, and I can either accept it or try to change it.

THINKING RATIONALLY BEFORE ACTING

In order to think rationally, we need to recognize that our biological reaction is just that, and consciously choose not to let it dictate
our actions.
According to psychologist and author Marcia Reynolds, when we feel slighted or cheated, and react emotionally, we then use our
logical brain to rationalize that response. For example, we may tell ourselves, I snapped, but he deserved it!
We can be far more effective if we use our logical brain first, before we do something well later regret.
In some cases, when we think rationally, we may realize an unfair situation is not a big deal in the grand scheme of thingswhen
someone cuts us off and runs a red light, for example.
Its annoying, but is it really worth fuming during a car ride that could otherwise be pleasant?
Other times well still feel strongly that we need to fight for justice, but this doesnt require us to act with aggression. It requires calm,
careful planning and acting, if its something we can, in fact, control. This leads to the last step.

KNOWING WHAT WE CAN CONTROL AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT

We cant change mistreatment that happened in the past. We can address mistreatment thats happening now.
We cant change someone elses decision or behavior if they aren't willing to change. We can change how we respond to them (and
choose to help educate and positively influence them).
We cant change that tragedies have occurred, in our own lives or in places across the globe. We can support causes that seek to
prevent future tragedies, or even spearhead our own.
And we cant guarantee specific outcomes for our actions, but we can increase our odds of making a difference by being clear-headed,
patient, and consistent.
Sometimes there will be unfair things that we simply need to accept, and it might feel instinctive to fight that. We're only human, and
we will sometimes give in to our emotional responses.
What's important is that we try to move beyond them so we don't let the things we can't control take control of us.
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