| From the time my sons were young, I tried to embed into their little brains that they would get in more trouble for lying about something than for the thing they were lying about. "We don't need to lie in this family," I would say. I know, I know. As if that would work, right? I'm sure all the parenting experts reading that will say all the things I did wrong in that one moment. But the truth is, I was trying to tell them that we could be honest with each other. I worried that lies when they were little would lead to bigger things down the road: that they wouldn't tell me or my husband something really important. Call us when they needed a ride from a crazy party. Tell us about heartbreaks. I wanted them to know they could talk to us about anything. That honesty was always the best policy, and to only trust people who tell the truth. Here's the reality: Kids lie. And so this oh-so-informative piece this week really helped me understand that — even now, as I stare down the beginning of the teen years in our house. Read on, have a good weekend, stay well and we'll talk to you next week. |
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