Children’s life at home and outside influences….why do kids lie…......

I agree with you Visavis, but sometimes kids forget what their parents taught them, as what Shamrack said, Parents need their children to tell them honestly what happened today, which means parents are not always there to remind them. Some children think when they do naughty things that they learn from their peers,other kids, adult, etc., makes them cool and they are enjoying it, despite what there parents taught them. In my opinion, they lie because they know that they broke the rules that there parents taught them, they are scared, they don't want their parents to be disappointed, they don't want to be punished and they think there parents don't want them to have fun.

I think that there is too much on television and in the media at the moment that can encourage a child to lie, and that might go some way to explaining why children lie. I think that also they will do anything that they can to get them out of trouble, and if that means telling a lie then that is what they have to do. Children usually go through the stage of lying to people, but they will learn that it is not what they're supposed to do in life, and they will grow out of it eventually; you just have to make sure that you teach them that lying is not the way to go, and won't ever get them anywhere.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. Honesty is the first thing we should teach children and they must never lie at home even for the slightest of things. I can never tolerate the idea of a kid lying to his/her parents. If the child starts lying at home, there is a very high likelihood that he may fall into bad company and not achieve his potential. As you have pointed out, how difficult it is to monitor their activities! Control and discipline must come from within and once they are honest at home, all problems can be handled with sensitive attention and care.

It is really hard to handle kids since this stage will be the foundation of who they are. Like what you have said we nee to protect and support them because someday their attitude will reflect to us, their parents. We need to be strict and fun at the same time. And one thing more, children are different from each other. My style sometimes doesn`t solved your problem at all. Lying is natural when it comes to their age. But we have to tell it to them properly, talk to them in a nice way that it`s not good thing to do. Tell them your`e a mom and at the end of the day, you can still discover what is the truth. I hope you remain strong and loving as a parent

There are big factors outside the home influences our children. But parents should be the one who guided them how to adopt the outside ideas or wherever it comes the information. If the orientation and advices are good to them for sure our children will grow in a right and good future but if in other side which parents tolerate them - what do you think will happened?

Well children changed when they go to the outside world because sometimes what they see, hear and learn outside the house they would follow it, even though its evil/bad. Unfortunately, I think sometimes they become too much irritated with what they have been accustomed to, so they want change and changes have lies thus resulting to their change of behavior and attitude.....