When not to split up the VO verb? 虽然是坑爹了，但是认错态度很好。
(He got his father in trouble, but it's good for him to admit his bad attitude.)


I see the verb 认错 a VO verb(verb-object).

So shouldn't it be something like this as follow?

虽然是坑爹了，但是认他的态度的错很好。（认 Object(his bad attitude) 错）


I gave my Chinese friend this sentence with the verb separated, but she said that sounds a  little weird.

I'd like to know what I am missing here.

Thank you so much in advance.
First, I think that the sentence should be:

虽然是坑爹了，但是认错态度很好。
(He made some mistake, but he had good attitude for admitting his mistake.)


坑爹 means did something wrong, it's none of his father's business,or you can say 他做了不靠谱的事，但是认错态度很好。

Second, 认错态度 means has a good attitude for admitting one's mistake.

Such as:

对于历史，日本没有好的认错态度。
（For history, Japan do not has a good attitude for admitting its mistake ）