Laura Davis and Janis Keyser Laura Davis and Janis Keyser are nationally known authors, lecturers and workshop leaders. However, since six year olds are developing their sense of justice and morality, it is important that we be sensitive and thoughtful when we respond to their experiments with truth and mistruth. Six year olds are still trying to figure out the power of language. You can create a whole reality with language. Children are also creative.
Younger children are often unsure which parts of their stories are real and which are fantasy.
As they get older, they are clearer about what is true and what is false, but other questions arise. These are normal, healthy questions that children need to answer while they are trying develop their moral integrity. Understanding them will enable us respond in ways that help children develop into strong, competent and moral human beings. They may not feel comfortable enough to reveal who they really are. Children might not have been told the difference between truth and mistruth and therefore, haven t learned to recognize the difference or the importance.