Kids Lie
I just heard a promo for an upcoming NPR program about what makes kids lie, and how punishment 'makes kids lie better and more often.' It's part of a program called What Parents Get Wrong. In my growing-up family, lying was the only spanking offense. I got spanked a few times, and once when I had not lied, but the truth was not what my parents were prepared to believe. In fact, it went as far as the raised hand, but my adamant indignation and insistance on my truth finally convinced my dad I... Sign in to see full entry.