Why Children Lie

Have you ever been enraged when your children lie to you even when the lie is
so obvious?

Well, the truth is that most children lie and they get on their parents' nerves
when they do so.

The question that begs for an answer is: "Why do children lie?"

Children lie for many reasons and in different circumstances.

They lie simply because the adults,especially their parents,do not allow them to tell the truth about the circumstances they are in at that moment in time.

When a child truthfully declares that she does not like her brother and the mother becomes furious ans spanks her for speaking the truth,what the mother is indirectly saying to the poor girl is that the girl should lie and keep her truth to herself because the world is not ready to accept it.

Children lie in self-defence because they had been punished for speaking the truth at one time or the other.

Children tell lies to stop their parents from interrogating them on matters they feel parents have already known the answers to.

Children also lie to reveal what they would like to be or do.You as a parent need to react positively to such lies.

Now that you know why your children would lie to you,try as much as possible to listen to some of the bitter truths they are always ready to release,if given the chance.

Your children will only learn whether to lie or tell the truth from your reactions to their
expressed honest feelings.

Happy Parenting...

Kazeem