My child always lies...

I think it's really good to tell her that what she's doing is wrong and it's also good to give her punishment just to make her not do it again. It really works with me. This fear thing for the parents especially when I do bad things so better yet make her feel fear if she makes a mistake.

thats exactly what i experience with my younger sister many a times. In this age 10-15 kids try to present themselves as they are ideal. You will see very less kids accepting their faults in this age, because they think that they have done a big wrong thing,but for us that is a little thing. make them understand that , it doesnt matter whether you do it or not, more important is that you speak that out.. you should speak truth.

well, i think you need to talk to her and tell her what she is doing is wrong... if she keeps on doing that, then you have to start to punish her... otherwise, it will be very dangerous and she will bring the habit until she is an adult... better to start disciplining her from now rather than to be late... how old is she anyway???

Whenever she lies, what do you do? I think she's afraid to tell the truth because you'll get angry. Try to accept her mistakes and talk to her calmly. Practice her to tell the truth by not getting angry. I think she's afraid of you when you get angry.

I know with my children that my husband or myself won't get mad if they come clean. This works, when we find out the truth and give them their punishment, we also add at the end that it would have been worse if we found out that they lied. They seem relieved when we tell them that we won't get mad if they tell the truth. I have a twelve year old who we are trying to break her of the habit and it seems to be working. Also I let them know that I won't get mad if they tell me the truth. I think it is all about the anger and the fear of being in trouble. Have patience with her. Also, may I suggest that you ask her teacher/s if she does this at school? The biggest thing is to tell her if she tells the truth that you won't get mad.

i think your best way is to cut her tounge. joke. hehehe. no, just talk to her with diplomacy. always talk to her in a nicer way. much like in a dog that behaves badly, you just throw it a piece of food and it will behave nicely. use that example in your daughter.

I know what you mean...my son does the same thing...like he will lie about putting his clothes away and turning off his heater and brushing his teeth...stuff like that. We have tried to talk to him about it....and I think all you can do is keep on her...and make her do the things she lies about...and tell her that you don't want her lying anymore or there will be consequences...for her actions in the future...and stick to it...

Every parent has to deal with such kind of problems with their child and it is related with day to day life! This should be taken serriously but should be handle carefully and with love otherwise the child will become more rebelious and when time passes become problem child! Just love her and take more care because mostly these kind of things are develop due to lack of love!

Talk with your daughter and explain how bad it is to lie and give her such examples thatn can teach her a lesson. Like what can happen if others lie to her,how she would feel when she learns that they were lieing,when she lies she won't be able to know when others lie to her,something like this.Find examples that will stund her.

the best way is that to tell the child now to do this politely, tell him that what he is doing is not right and these are all bad activities.

You don't say how old she is, but I'm assuming that she is still fairly young. Lying is very typical behavior in young children as they themselves have yet to distinguish between what's real and what's not so they don't necessarily see themselves as lying. She needs to understand the difference between telling the truth and telling a lie and if she tells a lie, she needs to face consequences like losing a privilege for a few days. Once she realizes what the lie is and the discipline attached to it, she will begin to stop lying.

I do suggest that you need to talk to your child, why was she like that or maybe she was afraid of something else when she tell the truth. Maybe your child was afraid of being scold or something. Try to talk to her in a nice way, let her know that what she was doing is wrong. Let her know the consequences that she will go through if she lies.

to be very frank with you.. i think she doesn't like you.. did you have any conflict with her? i think you 2 need to have a slow talk to settle things down.. i've seen situation like this.. it always happen between my cousin and her mother.. she always lie to her mother whenever her mother asked her a question.. it seems like she's not happy with her mother because her parents pampered her little brother more.. and she gets jealous easily.. that's what happened.. i think there are something happening within you 2 that you didn't mention? a child won't lie for no reason right? =)

I think it's a good time to come in and SPANK HER! Yes I said it, not the nicest way but I believe the spankings that I've got when I was a kid molded me to become who I am. I fine gentleman of course *smurk*. I do have to say that if I did not get the spankings on my butt through my parents when I was young, I would most likely go out of control knowing my personality. I think the most effective way to teach a child is not the frequency of punishment, but the effectiveness of it. I'm sure if you teach her a lesson she'll never forget, she'll stop lying. Good luck, and keep us informed!

for me, alarm bells would be ringing, children do not start lying without reason. If a child is lying it may well be a sign of a self esteem problems. Maybe a word with a trusted teacher may pay dividends blessed be

Have you tried to understand the reason for this behaviour? May be this is just a way to protect himself of the blames and the punishment...If you are too strict with him, this is a form of protest. Talk...talk more.But without to blame. Just try to be a friend of your child, to win his trust. If he accept you as friend- there are no lies between friends. Good luck:-)

Let her know she's not in trouble for not doing whatever it was you asked her to do, it's just you want to know. Then tell her it's time to do it. Also explain what the consquences of not feeding the dog would be. Also if she was going down the hall to turn off her light as you mentioned it, she had most likely forgotten. When mine did something like that, I would just thank them nicely and maybe mention how it helps hold down our electric cost so we can go out for pizza more often. She's young, and it's not uncommon for a child that age to lie, she just needs to know you aren't being fooled. My children, even now as they are all becoming adults, have found out that the parents always find out what happened somehow.

My daughter is 6 and it has just started to get better, she would do the EXACT same things!!! It would really make us mad because we don't want her lying about everything!! Ya know?? Well I know you understand =) WE just started telling her that it isn't nice and when she lies to people and they know she is lying they won't like her. Like with her friends at school and all, we told her they wouldn't want to be her friend if she lies, and it seems to really help. I tell her it is disappointing to me. Good luck though because I don't really have any advice!!!