Why Kids Lie
Category: PARENTING
It's important to raise children to value honesty, and to prevent lying from becoming frequent and consistent, the point at which lying is most troublesome. The first step in figuring out how to address a lie is to consider why your child is telling it. Is the child trying to avoid trouble? Save face?
By Dr. Peggy Drexler, Contributor
Author, research psychologist and gender scholar, 2013-03-16