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Is It Ever OK to Lie to Your Kids?

We all do it, but experts say we might want to rethink our approach. Here's how

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Colleen Oakley


The Lying Game

“It’s
sleeping.” That’s the lie I told my 3-year-old son Henry when he found
the dead cockroach on the floor. But I didn’t stop there. When I flushed
it down the toilet and Henry asked where it was going, I panicked. “Um …
it’s going to find its mom.”

Is this an acceptable form of
parenting? Experts tend to think not. "Parents lie about death, divorce,
disasters, and the list goes on ... to protect their children, but ...more

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