Do you tell a lie to your child?

Dealing with children can be a very tricky job, youless! They are very inquisitive, intelligent, never fully satisfied and ask a lot of questions. So, If you tell them a lie, they will keep questioning you, making you tell lie after lie until you are fed up, LOL! Like in you example, he may ask why it isn't working? how it works? when it will work? how to fix it? so, you will end up with a lot of lies piled up. They are very observant too, if you say something that they have observed otherwise, they will object to it spontaneously. I have had these experiences with my nephews (5 & 3) when people told them a lie. I never told them a lie and discouraged others to do it since they are clever and after a while they not only understand but start telling lies themselves considering it normal. I always tried to talk to them about how over engaging in one thing is unhealthy in their own terms. I wasn't always successful but at some point they would listen. The best method that I worked out was to keep some interesting activities for them at hand and offer them a different engaging activity like playing with me, doing boxing, hide and seek, questioning and answering etc. Again, I wasn't successful all the time but this was the best method to deal with their overacting. Sometimes giving into their desires puts their level of trust in you and the next time they will listen. I know this is hard to do but when are children easy to deal with?:-)

I don't tell a lie to my children (son actually..younger one is still a baby). Anyways, I believe in telling the truth..so that he trusts me and will follow my example in telling the truth. Most of the times I tell him why he is allowed or not allowed to do certain things. But there are times when I can't give him an explanation for my actions and then I tell him so. He understands. The tricky part is when you have to tell white lies to SOMEONE ELSE and your child is around.

Sometimes I have to tell an excuse just so my son stops playing on the computer too. I have to do that with his playstation and nintendo games as well. I try to explain to him first about spending too much time in front of these things and at first he gets upset but after more whining and talking he eventually leaves it. Becauase he is 5 he is understanding a lot more when I talk to him about it. I know how it was when he ws 3 because he also loves the laptop. Just as well my husband has an old one he can play with or use, but we do minimise the time on it as well.

My son is too little he is just 1 year old. He has just begun to understand things but i hope in the future not to be constrained from such situations to lie to him

Nver, not even a little white one like santa clause and the easter bunny. I like to raise my son on good upstanding values and lying is not one of them.

Hi, i can understand your situation when the child is so young and half the time they arent able to follow our instructions when we say NO, so this is a best way to make them stop, maybe its alright as long as they are small, but i would suggest to start being true and honest with them the soonest. As these are the values they will learn from you too. And you have to try soon to explain things to huim in an understanding manner, and they are quick to follow as well, as to why he cannot do certain things, instead of lying. As lying can become a habit too, and maybe you wont realise it, and may start lying to him for small things also, that wont be good on the long run. So sooner you can star being truthful with your child, the better.

yeah... nothing wrong in saying a lie to something which the children are not supposed to know and it's always good to handle the embarassing situation by telling lie and by that leaving aside that embarassing issues.

Yes, I tell lies to make them happy..

In My memory, I have not told any lie to my son. Everytime when i was asked some questions by my son which are difficulty for me to answer. I would try my best to give him a satisfactory anwer as detail as possible. I do not think it is very important for him to know this specific answer. the most important thing is to let him know how to become a honest man. I do not know if it is right or wrong, but I tried to do so.

sometimes you have to fib to a child about something, but try do atleast amount of time as possible, my neice is 3, she likes being on the computer, she knows that when we say she cant use it then she cant use it and plays with something else, you just have to try and entertain him somewhere else, if its outside or with another toy.

Of course, it will not hurt at all, its not a viscious lie, its just something that they can understand in their age group..

i dont know right now.coz i dont have a child. but it is normal,i think.and i can understand.in some case,the best way is to tell a lie. by the way,i got paid by that photo i uploaded in the reply.it is good news.have a good day.:)

Hi youless! I do make white lies. LOL... For example, when kids still want to play at night, I tell them not to because there are ghosts. (Now I scare them! LOL) But most of the time, lying might be an "excuse" if you know that you did this for their own sake. I always believe that "Moms know best!" =) Take care and God bless you and your family! (",)

Don't lie. You know the old saying - one lie leads to another... It is difficult at times, but sometimes you need to draw a line and simply not allow. Kids are amazing, and what is most amazing is what they understand. If you lie and they don't know its fine - but if you lie and they know you lied, or come to know, then you are undermining your own authority. How do they know the next time if you telling the truth or lying? btw though i try hard i don't always practice what i preach - it gets real tough when i know my daughter is going to cry if i tell her not to!

What you really have to do is set limits for him. He is old enough to learn that sometimes "No" is the answer. He is old enough that you can set a kitchen timer, and tell him, "When the bell rings, your turn is over" You can also set that timer to say "When the bell rings, it will be your turn again." Or you can show him a clock face and say, when these numbers look this way (digital) or when the big hand is here, and the little hand is there, then you may play, or then you are done playing. Not just his eyes are at risk, he needs to play with other children, he needs to be active, he needs to pretend. You are very wise to not let him just play on the computer.

Not always! Sometimes, I tell lie to the Kids. because at that moment I couldn't find any words to explain to them, so I choose to tell lie. However, I will find the approriate way to explain for the next time (avoid lie anymore)...heheheh

yeah of course...he's too young to play in the computer.