How is it that sweet, innocent, cute kids can lie right to your face? How is it that you can watch your child spill something and they deny it--even though you were standing right there?! How is it that you can watch one of your children hit the other and then when you go to punish them they try to tell you that, "it wasn't me". I REALLY HATE the lying thing--it makes me CRAZY!!
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It's just a fear of getting in trouble. Hopefully, they will grow out of it!!
I know that they will--my son pretty much has. It just drives me crazy that they would lie about stupid and obvious things. I am not a corporal punisher or anything!! (0:
Lying is like fingernails on a chalk board to me. They'll get get past it.
P.S. The Stevie Nicks song is one of my all time favs. Thanks. Now I'll have the tune in my head all day! ;-)
Lying is like fingernails on a chalk board to me. They'll get get past it.
P.S. The Stevie Nicks song is one of my all time favs. Thanks. Now I'll have the tune in my head all day! ;-)
I think all kids go through that stage at one point or another, I hate lies but LOVE pinnochio
"Not Me" is a ghost that does all sorts of naughty things, and he lives at my house. I wish I knew how to get rid of him!
I try to make sure that the punishment for lying is a lot worse than the punishment for other things. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't.
Lara-
I try and do the same thing. Then I tell them that if they told the truth they wouldn't be in as much trouble. It just seems to go in one ear and out the other!! (0;
Just wait til they are young adults, you will hear confessions of things you NEVER, EVER wanted to. Yes, they outgrow it.
Now I know why my mom would get so mad. Karma. It'll get ya.
Oh, I so know this one. But then I heard that their brains don't develop all the way until 24.. .TWENTY FOUR... crazy. so. se la ve. What do you do?
My kids lie too. It is the fear of getting in trouble. They seem to think I am going to pull out the iron maiden or guillotine or something! Seriously. You'd think they are abused. I just yell and give time outs, pretty much.
I now have Fleetwood Mac going through my head...and I suppose "it wasn't me" is the one responsible for it. (it would be fine if I could remember the REST of the words!)
We always remind them that we know the correct answer to the question and so it is not worth trying to make up a different answer. It gets the truth every time.
I have one child who couldn't lie to save his life and another who is REALLY good at it. I keep telling him that I'm going to get him an agent because he's such a good actor.
I used to work with someone who always had her own version of the truth. I think it helped that she actually believed that she was incapable of doing anything wrong and everything was everyone else's fault.
I know! Why do kids blatantly lie?
Yeah -- we have that happening around here too... can't stand it!
I just read a post on my sister's blog that was just the opposite -- she is having an issue with her child being TOO honest...
It might make you feel better.
http://hansenfamilylife.blogspot.com/2009/03/out-of-mouths-of-babes.html
ME TOO! HATE IT! We are just heading into this phase at my house!
wish i knew the answer to that.
and, unfortunately, it's not just little kids who have this affliction.
This is so interesting because a friend and I were just talking about this exact thing the other day. We boiled it down to one thing. Kids aren't LYING, or at least they don't see it that way. They see they are trying out who they are, where they can push things, and what you do about it. It is never simply a lie, though to us wise old people that's as simple as it gets. Not that it doesn't make it less annoying. :)
uuugghhhhhh!!!!!! I am so with you on this one! My kids just don't get it!!! :(
Extra trouble is added on for the lies. Wouldn't they just prefer one layer of trouble?
It makes me crazy, but also kind of makes me laugh at the same time when my kids do stuff like this. It's hillarious to me that they really think parents are so dumb.
It is amazing how they lack common sense when they are young.
"But I saw you spill the chocolate milk on the couch"
"But I didn't do it"
Totally! Funny how they know you saw it, but still lie. They all seem to do it and it's annoying.
Oh I hate that as well!!!
okay I am soo there with Lisa, that song is in my head now too, thanks! LOL
and I hate lying too, HATE it!
I used to be really good at that. I've tried to cut it out now.
I remember feelign so guilty for lying when I was little- but I am with you- my kids don't even notice it when they do it...do they just not get it? How do we stop this madness?
I don't know.. but they sure are good at it!!
Seriously. I'm going crazy over here with my three year old too. I can't stand it either. What can you say besides, "UUUUM, that's not true, I'm RIGHT HERE." Ugh.
The blatant lying drives me crazy too.
It is crazy how early it starts too.
I remember being five and telling the biggest "whoppers" (now there's a word!) My son never really did, but the daughter is too much like I was, I'm afraid...
Definitely on my top ten of most hated things.... LYING!!
I have been known to put all 5 of mine in time-out until the perp fesses up!
Drives me nuts as well!
I can't stand it either especially when it is about things that don't matter in the first place.
LOL! I love it when they do it in FRONT of you and say it was not me! It makes me laugh and go crazy, the Sunbeams thought I was stupid I swear! LOL!
oh friend! come spend a day with me and my first graders. i swear i must deal with about a thousand little lies a day. it drives me nutty!
-kacey
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i have one who has those special talents as well. The others I could instantly tell if they were lying, this one, it is so much harder. I hate that.
Some days my kids noses are 40 feet long! Drives me nuts!
"In Time Out" sent me over here - I too hate the lying! I'm glad it's not just my kid! ;)
Cute place you have here!
Oh sweetie...I m right there wit ya.
The lying drives me nuts...we are driving the message home hard, and being consistent, and just hoping that is enough...we'll see!!
Little lie can be a phase for the younger ones. As they get older though, you have get tough about it. I don't accept it from my kids evah!
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