Blame is like when you have a toy tower that falls over. If someone says it’s your fault because you were the last one to touch it, that’s blame. It’s when someone points a finger at you and says you did something wrong, even if it was an accident.

Think of blame like a game of tag. When you’re tagged, you’re ‘it,’ and everyone knows. Blame is like being ‘it’ but in a way that says you did something wrong. It’s not always fair, like if you were just standing there and the tower fell on its own.

Another way to think about blame is like a rain cloud. When something bad happens, people sometimes look for someone to be the cloud, to hold the rain, or the problem. Being blamed can feel like carrying a heavy cloud around, even if you didn’t cause the rain.

Blame can also be like a storybook. If something goes wrong, people might try to write a story about how it happened and who made it happen. Sometimes, the story is true, and sometimes it’s just a guess.