
Should you always tell your kids the truth? It depends
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Should you always be completely honest with your children? Or is it OK to lie to the kids sometimes? The answers are complicated. Find out how age, circumstances and more play into your decision to tell the truth or go with loving lie.
I tell them that the spinach in their muffins enhances the flavor of the chocolate chips. I tell them their drawings look gorgeous even when they look like blobs of nothing. I also tell bigger lies, trying to convince myself I'm protecting them by withholding details about our lives and saying that I know what's best even when I'm worried I don't. Parents lie by omission when we leave out details to preserve our children's innocence about the world at large, smoothing over life's harsher edges. And some parents don't share secrets about family scandals, crimes or parentage.More Related News