Sometimes is it better to lie?
By 1346795
@1346795 (805)
Greece
September 17, 2010 2:13am CST
Its sometimes in life that you dont know if it is better to tell the truth or a lie to help the othe one. Take as an example a family where the father of two children is suddenly dead. Is it better to tell theme the true when they are at the age of 4 or 5? Or its better to tell them that he has gone on a trip and he will be late? There are a lot of examples like this in our life and there are a lot of times that we cant decide which is better to do and less harmful for the other one. What do you think?
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@tammytwo (4298)
• United States
20 Sep 10
In that case the children will have to know the truth. You will need to find a sensitive way to tell them but they have to know. There is no way you can lie to them about such a serious matter. In other cases it may be better to lie but not in that case.
@tammytwo (4298)
• United States
20 Sep 10
Thank you but do you really think you can lie to children about something so serious? Do you really think that is the right thing to do? When will you tell them the truth? And how will they feel about you when they find out the truth? It's easier to tell them now and get it out in the open. Allow them to deal with it while they are young. Children tend to deal with things better than we expect.
@ankster (273)
• India
17 Sep 10
I agree with you completely.There are many times when we cannot tell the truth of few things because sometimes truth can spoil the roots of happy family.There are many times we have to lie so that something bad can be avoided.But I feel it takes lots of courage to bear few truths and tell lies.To bear few truths in our hearts may cause lots of pain but for the welfare on the whole we have to lie and there is no wrong in it according to me.Those who write or say high sounding words of truth and honesty might have never faced the trauma of bearing truth thats why they boast.My friend u chose the right topic for discussion.I agree with your thoughts.
@1346795 (805)
• Greece
17 Sep 10
My friend thank you for everything you send. I have never faced a situation like this, and i hope that i wont, but it is a serious topic of discusion for me and i am thinking about this a lot of times. Thats why i posted it and i really thank you for sharing your opinion with me.
