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DevilsarmyBRONZE Member
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hey right i found alot of stuff out then thought..... would have been nice if i was told the truth...does that mean children should or am i just weird?

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Posted:
After reading that for the fourth time..I understand it now wink
Perhaps re-writing it so its a little more understandable would be nice..

It really does depend on the situation...
But generally - yes. I think they should be told the truth.

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yeah as well big talk with mummy dearest ...seems like kids have tonnes hidden or lied to them about

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Posted:
OOohhh, big question.
They should always be told the truth, by lying to them they are subconciously being told it's ok to lie.

This could cause problems when the litte blighters do something wrong, if they've figured out it's ok to lie (by being lied to themselves) then they will also figure out that:

a) if they tell the truth they will be definatley be punished
b) if they lie but get found out they will be punished,
and c) that if they lie and they aren't found out they will get away scott free.

It wont take them long to realise that at least by lying they have a chance of getting away with it.

So by lying to them you are starting a circle of deciet and lies which will only end up in a bad way and backfire on you.

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wow you lost me.....but i get the idea and totally agree

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Posted:
Glad you could make sense of it, I've just rereade and confused myself.

oh and in case anyone is interested there is a book called "the Lying Ape" ll about why and how people lie (it's where the above came from)

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ahhh i get you heheh well must be a good book ..... well glad im getting answers as people have turned round to me at school and said does it matter? everyone lies to everyone .....that shocked me

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Does it matter of course it blooming does,, well it does to me,, i take most things at face value and generally take it as truth until proved otherwise,, I have to,, its part of me and to change is unthinkable. Yes I've been hurt on occasion and yes I'm sure some people have taken advantage..... but its the way i am,, and the way i shall continue to be

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erm pen by the way i said oh no im going to get shot alive....hehe

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We're gonna get sucked into that santa claus discussion again.

Nooooooooooooooooo!

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MynciBRONZE Member
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Posted:
this was in social discussions a while ago...

"lies to children" is the harsh phrase for a common method of teaching.

you can't always expect a child to "learn" something in 1 bite. too complicated to get into here but it's the truth.

on imoprtant matters..tell the truth. but do you lie so they can have a childhood...or make them old before their time... I would stick with the truth

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Posted:
I always tell kids the truth. However, I sometimes choose my timing. For example, I don't tell the 6-year-old that I'm going to give her a shot until right before I do it. No need to have her wimpering and crying the whole examination.

But I *NEVER* say "this won't hurt" when it will.

I also never say "You're going to be OK" when she won't.

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My parents lied to me about stuff when I was little, or changed the subject when I asked questions they didn't want to have to answer. Because of this and the way it made me feel, I have always been honest with my kids. I also answer any questions, no matter how difficult it can be to answer them. Sometimes it's a case of holding some bits back for when they are older, e.g. when I was asked how babies get into mummies tummies.....I didn't lie, or make up any stupid stories, but I thought 4 years old was a bit early to go into graphic sex education!

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Posted:
 Written by: Mynci


this was in social discussions a while ago...




Bah.

Beaten to it.

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Posted:
 Written by: misscorinthian


My parents lied to me about stuff when I was little, or changed the subject when I asked questions they didn't want to have to answer. Because of this and the way it made me feel, I have always been honest with my kids. I also answer any questions, no matter how difficult it can be to answer them. Sometimes it's a case of holding some bits back for when they are older, e.g. when I was asked how babies get into mummies tummies.....I didn't lie, or make up any stupid stories, but I thought 4 years old was a bit early to go into graphic sex education!



There's a number of very good books on the subject. I recommend Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle.

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Posted:
 Written by: Fine_Rabid_Dog


 Written by: Mynci


this was in social discussions a while ago...




Bah.

Beaten to it.



Beaten again eh FRd ubblol No mercy.

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Posted:
There is a difference between telling the truth, and giving them more information than is good for them. For example, if my child asks "What does the word [insert word for some disgusting act the child heard from a freind who watches southpark] mean?" I will not say "it means doing the laundry" because that would be a lie. However, I may say "it means something bad and you shouldn't say it."

TabtI Doubt, Therefore I Might Be
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Posted:
im glad my parents were always really honest with me.

if i ever wanted to know something my parents would tell me what it meant, or how it works often in Laymen's terms. Even if i was too young to understand the explanation properly.
At the time it bored us silly, but somehow it seeped into my brain and im really glad they took the time.

As for the sex questions my parents explained them too, for which i am also glad. And i have to say it came in useful when my peers began to discuss these things, and you know what they are talking about and dont have to be the one to say "ooh, i thought that was another word for doing the laundry". ubblol

so, i think that parents shouldnt lie to their kids because it only adds to problems when they grow up...

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Posted:
I found out my parents lied to me. it turns out, when I was playing pass-the-parcel, I didn't just win becuase it was my birthday and everyone knows birthday-girls are lucky.. they.. they CHEATED!

Personally, I think you shouldn't lie about serious stuff, but feel free to try convince them ridiculous rubbish. It's fun, and it'll just give them something to get annoyed about when they're older- which every teenager needs. smile

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Posted:
Lying is a natural and healthy part of mental development. There are tests that show that if by about 4 years old kids don't lie that they haven't yet reached a point of learning where they are trying to figure out lying's place in social interaction.

That being said I TRY to tell my kids the truth the majority of the time but at 4 and 6, there's a few things I tell them not to worry about so I guess I don't actually lie to them on the issues that I percieve to be important.

.....although they are CONVINCED I can pull my thumb off, make the interior light in the car come on by saying "Abracadabra!" and Santa is a real entity in our house still.

As an aside, I actively tell them that I don't know everything and that I will get a lot of things wrong. I ask them to tell me if they find out I'm wrong or percieve me to be wrong. Hey, at least if I get caught out there's aprocess in place for us to discuss it.

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Posted:
 Written by: BEZERKER


Lying is a natural and healthy part of mental development. There are tests that show that if by about 4 years old kids don't lie that they haven't yet reached a point of learning where they are trying to figure out lying's place in social interaction.





very true, i remember a case study where children had to hold a small object in one fist and get people to guess which hand the object was in.

in the case of the younger children this didnt work. they showed the object before the person had a chance to guess or such like. they assumed that if they knew something then everybody did.

this however, dosent explain why when asked if they played with my lipstick they always say "no," even when there is lipstick all over their faces and the wall!! ubblol

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Posted:
I think they should allways be told the truth yes.

I would have rathered my parents told me the truth about things like santa claus.

that its a corporate method of control

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Posted:
Kids deserve the truth. At the level they can understand. I never got presents from Santa Claus, I got them from my family. As a result of that, I knew they were given with love, and I knew that when my presents weren't as expensive as my peers, there was a good reason for it.

I don't believe there is any valid reason for screwing with kids heads - a lie to a child is still a lie.

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Posted:
 Written by: Patriarch917


There is a difference between telling the truth, and giving them more information than is good for them. For example, if my child asks "What does the word [insert word for some disgusting act the child heard from a freind who watches southpark] mean?" I will not say "it means doing the laundry" because that would be a lie. However, I may say "it means something bad and you shouldn't say it."



So suppose you hear your child use the word "Fcensoredk".

My mom's solution was to make me look it up in the dictionary and then to ask me if that's what I really meant to say.

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Posted:
 Written by: Pretz


this however, dosent explain why when asked if they played with my lipstick they always say "no," even when there is lipstick all over their faces and the wall!! ubblol



Bill Cosby, who I believe is an authority on children biggrin, says that this is is because all children have brain damage.

Exhibit A: A glass of Coke. You put the coke down and tell the child not to touch the coke. You turn your back and there's the kid with the glass of coke!

"WHAT DID I JUST SAY?"
"You said not for me to touch the coke?"
"Then WHY did you touch the coke?"
"I DUNNO!!!" <---That's brain damage!!!

ubblol ubblol ubblol ubblol

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Posted:
there was an interesting show by the BBC last year about children behaving like that. they got children of two age groups and said "you can eat a piece of chocolate now, or you can have three pieces in five minutes" and they discovered at what age on average children have the patience to wait and get more.(VERY simplistic explanation) wink

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yeah i mean i watch the nanny 911 and on one of the shows the kids were lied to about everything then the parents were like my kids are hell why are they like it? i sat there and was like because you! when the nanny said that they were like but we raised them like we should .... lieing isnt raising them like you should.....my parents lied to me about a few things.......when i said i know the tooth fairy isnt real mum said i was lieing eek cheek!

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Posted:
RE Santa Clause: "that its a corporate method of control"

"I never got presents from Santa Claus, I got them from my family. As a result of that, I knew they were given with love, and I knew that when my presents weren't as expensive as my peers, there was a good reason for it."

I respect these points of view (particularly wonderloey) but I kind of get frustrated when people spout the line about Santa being a marketing tool to jip families out of their fortune.

Some of my fondest memories were of the whole leaving Santa some cookies and a port deal when I was a kid. My mum STILL dishes the odd 'Santa' present out. She and I know who gave it but exchange a knowing smile while me kids think it's all fantastic.

Always puzzled at some people's bitterness and feelings of betrayal over being told Santa was real. It's a lark for goodness' sake. What good is the naievety of youth if not to experience some magic? If you can't explain WHY these things were done (IE to add to the fun of the occasion) then you must be nuts.

There's a guy at my work who even still has his 8 year old convinced because he goes on the roof on Christmas eve and bangs around to make noise like Santa's visiting. Fantastic IMO.

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hehe so you had alot to say

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Posted:
 Written by: Doc Lightning


My mom's solution was to make me look it up in the dictionary and then to ask me if that's what I really meant to say.



I salute your mum. smile

In regards to lies, as with anyone, getting them to believe something contrary to reality will only get you someone who dosen't understand the world as accurately as they could, and that gets them all kinds of dumb things to do.
Worse still is where the basicly fun myth of something like Santa is used as a means of blackmail.
AnynomonyousParentalFigure: Be good* or Santa won't come.
Gereric Child:But, but, but I want milk in thew wineglass...

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i heard the most funnest thing some parents told there children that when the ice ceam man plays the music it means he has run out of ice cream made me laugh ubblol

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