Children say the truth

Hi Ronald..YES I do beleive children tell the truth, mine always did when they were young which my daughter often got her brother in trouble for and rather ashamedly I had been seeing a very old male friend and we kissed infront of my children..then one day my husband came in from work and I gave him a kiss all of a sudden my son blurted out why do you kiss your friend like the same way you kiss Daddy!! Needless to say that got me in big trouble. Then there is the case of my daughter her fiancee at the time walked out on her when he found out she was pregnant, when her son was 3yrs old he came back and said he wanted to be a part of his son's life..my daughter allowed it but each time her son came back from being with his father my daughter asked her son what he had done, he always told the truth and one day it slipped out he was smoking something funny! My daughter stopped her son seeing his father as from that moment! So bless as the saying goes 'out of the mouth of babes comes the truth'...hugs littleowl

Until they find they have reason to lie, they are totally honest. They do not know that sometimes there are good lies, so as not to hurt feelings of other people. Since I have been teaching children of all ages for 35 years, as young as age 2, I can give you stories that would curl your hair. They are comical!! I always tell parents that sometimes kids will tell me stuff that the kids see and here that they may not want to share with the world, so to be careful of what you say and do in front of them. LOL

That is not truth...that is downright hurtful, nasty and disrespectful. Where would a young child learn to be so disgustingly rude? If someone said such a thing to me I would feel very embarrassed. A person's outer looks are not who they are at heart...a good looking person can be rotten to the core. A child so young saying such things is to me a much worse burden. That child had his innocence removed if he could say such a thing and his family must be extremely judgemental. How very sad for that woman. Did she end up marrying into your family???

Hi ronaldinu, You are right children are innocent and speak the truth, sometimes it can be quiet embarrassing for the parents. Even a small child can often hurt someones feelings if they are very sensitive. We must teach them at an early age that they should not have comments about someone that might hurt their feelings. Of course most people don't take offence at very young children. Blessings.

Oh definitely! Children have the ability to say the darnedest things at the darnedest moments! LOL! Cute story! The more people I meet the more I love my cat :) Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

I agree with you that children are beyond the cunningness of grown ups. But I would disagree with you that children do not know how to lie or make up a story. I have been with lots of kids all throughout my life to know that. I have kids of my own too you know. And yes they can lie. Don't take that as a blunt accusation though. Children don't really quite know the consequences of a lie, small or not. Children are very creative human beings. Yet, they lack the knowledge and wit of adults. At a young age they have not yet the experience you and I have. So even if a kid lies it doesn't necessarily mean they are evil. They are still innocent beyond reasonable doubt. Lol. Kids are kids and sometimes they say the darnest things. I've heard my nephews lie about the mess that they made in the living room or at the pond or garden. Nothing to start world war 3 though. Sometimes they lie out of pure innocence and even fear. They may even blame it on their immediate sister or cousin. But that doesn't mean they are bad. They need our guidance so that they won't be learning to use lies all of their lives. And yes I also think parents needs some guidance too. Very much! Some parents have the nerve to say that their kids are not liars and protect them even if they screw a lot things. My point is, we all know kids are kids, but you don't have to go and make a real fuzz about it. I had a quick fight with a parent about that long ago. Instead of knowing what really happened, he jumped in and wacked a kid who said his kid was lying. The right thing to do was to get his kid out of that mess first, then come back and settle things like an adult. To find out what really happened. And if his kid really did something bad, apologize to all concerned for it, and go home and give guidance to his kid. Instead he made it appear that everyone around that area that day were idiots and his kid would never do anything stupid. He started hitting other kids including my nephew. That was when I almost broke his arm of. Lol. Go home and try to relearn your life. Kids are kids and if you don't accept the fact that your own kid can make an innocent mistake I'll come over and really break your bones. That parent I had no doubt had no guidance when he was young. In our very ugly and tough neighborhood you can fill in the blanks. I was a bad a$$ kid before but I grew up learning the real truth about life the hard way. I learned to treat people with respect, learned to have lots of patience and not to be ignorant about the law. Sometimes the law screws us up, but we have to live with that or around that. But that is another story. Lol. I teach my kids values and to respect other people. I also teach them deadly arts to protect themselves from the vicious neighborhood. I've taught them patience and to stay away from trouble as much as possible. But if necessary don't let anyone bully them. Lol. Nobody is perfect. Some people don't really see that and even accept it themselves. Lol. cheers!

I have been in that situation before with my little sis when she was about 4. I made her apologize immediately to the person and told her that she shouldn't hurt peoples feeling. She hasn't really done it since(knock on wood) and I am hoping not anytime soon. I tell her to look for the beauty in everything. Now she does comment on them but not badly she now comments.. I like your hair it is so pretty..Or I like your dress it is really nice. She is 7 now and I am trying to teach her to look for the good..

In cases like that, yes, I do think they tell the truth, or express what they're thinking without fear of reprisal, merely because that's how they've been brought up. They have it drummed into them that they must always tell the truth, or they'll be punished, so what's a kid supposed to do? Besides, this child probably didn't mean that she was ugly to look at... he probably meant her character was "ugly" in his eyes. I don't think the aunt was necessarily right in telling him he should hold his tongue either, because that will only encourage a child to "bottle things up" inside, and not feel free to voice their opinion. Brightest Blessings.

hi ronaldinu..not really..i mean not all the times children will always tell the truth..i can attest to that..myself..when im younger( a kid to be exact) there were times that i will not tell the truth to my mom about my where about when i came home late..thinking that she will get angry and the likes..

ha ha ha ha ha... that must have been one of the most awkward moments in your life eh? But yeah, children of that age, especially when they have not learned how to lie, say the darnest thing at all the wrong time. And a few of the funniest candid camera moments were all about kids and their earnest comments!

The children are very much innocent and they cant lie always says the truth what they have seen what anyone done to them. The children dont know what they have to say in front of elders or not they just say what is right and what is infront of them. Happy posting and have a nice day.

children often say things they believe are ture. We need to teach them that socially this is not always a welcome trait, and that words can hurt, especially if they are true. I bet the girl is a lovely generous and kind person on the inside and her outward appearance is something she can do little about. They need to teach him social requirements about not deliberately hurting people's feelings. What has been said can be forgiven and it can be forgotten, (though not by the "ugly" girl) but it cannot be un-said.

Children are not stupid as we often make them out to be. We think that they do nt understand things but they are rather smart and will not do such stupid things if they are properly guided. If your brother said such a stupid thing, it is not that he is telling the truth, he must just be voicing what he must have overheard some elder speaking without realizing its impact.

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children tell the truth as they see it, the person could have been beautiful to adults but to this child ugly but that is this child's true feelings.

Mine are still too young but yes kids do tell you like it is lol. No matter how much it will hurt b/c they don't yet realize they are hurting someone by telling them the truth when its not the nice truth. My mom would always tell us to think before we speak so we don't hurt peoples feelings. Its something that I want to pass to my kids.

Well, kids are just navie and innocent.. They are always beign taught not to lie, and thus who can blame them for telling the truth?? It's not the fault of anybody and why should they apologize?? If they do, what will the kids be thinking?? WOnt it be too contradicting for them?? Eben so, it's also way too young for them to understand that that's the way life is.. Because up to now, even adults do make the same mistakes just like kids..

Like everything else sometimes children tell the truth, but often they are mean and nasty. I have a daughter who i swear started lying right after she learned to say no. Of course she is the youngest and her older siblings may have put her up to it, but i doubt it.

I really don't know whether they speak the truth or not or they just say something without knowing the meaning of the word!like my friends little girl did. They have dinner at one of her friends, and on leaving my friend said to the hostess [ thank you for a lovely dinner] and the little girl turned around and said [ yes thanks for nothing] I think this little girl was not telling the truth, she said a word she had heard somewhere but did not have a clue what it meant!Oh and again there is something else children can be brutally [honest] [ blunt]or just rude, for example, in a school yard some one say " your fat" and the next day this child come around and say to this person " you are a skinny runt" believe it or not this will make this child not to be so rude next time, honesty is one thing, and being rude is another, teaching children about feellings and consideration to each other is a must!

Children upto the age of 4-5 yrs will defenitely say the truth.But after that age they will learn what to speak & what not to speak.Majority of the children say what their mothers whould have taught them.