Did you know the difference between truth and lie as a kid?

It means as a teenager you very well knew the difference between truth and lie. It is interesting to know that to meet your friends and to enjoy with them, you used to fool your parents and I hope you were able to trick them in believing that you were innocent.

@dpk262006 I think i was able to trick them because they never found out abd besides i was a good child apart from this

@Nawsheen If you were otherwise a brilliant child, they would not have doubted your activities.

@TiarasOceanView Whatever may be the reason, you learnt a good moral value and which always helps.

It means as a child you used to train in such a fashion that you used to speak truth only. I understand that habit of telling truth is still there in you.

@dpk262006 Yes dpk, for fear of the hand lol

It is good to hear that you keep teaching your child that telling a lie is equal to sin and she should not tell a lie, come what may. I think your moral values and teachings would help her grow as a better human being.

@SIMPLYD You said it rightly that parents are not less than teachers and children learn their moral lessons first through their parents and family members.

@dpk262006 As parents it is our duty that we make sure they were given good moral values and teachings. We are primarily their teachers.

Your parents inculcated moral values in you since childhood and which you still carry with you and probably would have transferred those moral values to your next generation. As children I think most of us used to cover up our siblings, if we knew that they had dome something wrong and telling the facts could land him/her in trouble.

@LadyDuck Yeah, at that point of time we as a child were innocent so as to consider something as a lie. None of the respondents have read the discussion carefully, all have responded to first part of the discussion, there is second part also in the discussion.

@dpk262006 So true, I did not consider a lie trying to cover my younger brother.

Each one of us would have lied but the point is did we use to lie as an innocent kid or we used to tell a lie intentionally?

It means you knew the difference of truth and lie and you in fact used to tell a lie about your sickness so as to avoid going to school. Did your parents use to believe your lie?

@JudyEv It means they used to trust you.

@dpk262006 Maybe about once in every five times. I didn't try it too often.

When you cannot recall the incident, then how do you know that you used to tell lies?

It is fine that your parents knew whether you were telling a lie or not but were you aware about the difference between truth and lie, when you were a kid?

You have right said that children are like sponge and they absorb whatever they are taught or given. It is duty of the parents to tell them difference between telling a lie and speaking the truth.

Could you recall any instance?

@ridingbet How do we know till you share?

@dpk262006 i have lots

Yes, if parents could inculcate good habits in their children and could explain them difference between telling a lie and speaking truth, it will be good for children in the long run. Yes, you are right that children are needed to be assured that even if they have done something wrong and they speak the truth, they would be forgiven.

@Gabugs Yes, all parents should follow these things.

@dpk262006 Hopefully all parents should practice this time and again.

Yes, most of us used to do it because at that time we did not know the difference between a truth and a lie and its implications. I remember an incident when I spoke the truth and had to face its consequence. In class VII or IX some of the boys bunked the school during second half due to various reasons. Me and one of my best friends went to see an English movie and we were accompanied with my friend's father. On that day a surprise inspection was conducted in the school and those who bunked the classes were listed out. We did not know about it. Next day, our class teacher asked for our verbal explanation for bunking the second half of the school. I remember one of my other friends, told a white lie that he had to go to eye specialists as he had some eye problems. The teacher not only believed him but also suggested one of two home remedies to him for cure of eyes. When my and my friend's turn came, we decided that we would speak the truth, otherwise we would have faked illness and that would have been believed by the teacher. We told that we bunked the class because we went to see an English movie. To our utter shock, the teacher did not believe our version and asked us to get an application written by our respective parents mentioning that they knew that we went for a movie with their permission. As my friend's father accompanied us, he had no problem getting the application written by his father. My mother knew that I went for a movie but my father was not aware. Then I had to explain him the entire position and requested him to write an application, as demanded by our teacher. He trusted me and wrote an application. We submitted the application, then only we were absolved of our absence. It was how a truth landed us in problem.

@shaynas What you have stated, ideally that should have been the case. However, he (the teacher) didn't ask for written application from everyone and targeted me and my friend that too when teacher knew that we were not notorious students.

@dpk262006 well...i feel teacher should have appreciated you for telling the truth than making stories. In fact she should have asked everyone to bring a written application from their parents explaining the reason of absence. That would have been fair.

In our teenage we all speak lies . However, when we grow up further we come to know what is the value of truth and we should stick to it.

@ShifaLk Yes, I am not an exception. . However, I speak truth because thereafter I do not feel guilty conscious.

@dpk262006 oh means you did too? Haha Yes that's true... speaking truth is actually the best

Really interesting to hear that you used to tell a lie to satiate your hunger.

@homebasedbobbie It means that you and your brother both were naughty in your childhood. On the hindsight do you feel that you did something wrong while telling a lie to get some food? I do not think so.

@dpk262006 I know right. It was me and my brother.. ha ha ha ha that became an old joke with our parents and they would laugh at it because they knew what I did lol

I understand that you speak truth since childhood and you know the difference between a truth and lie and implications of telling a lie.

An apt answer to the question. However, you could still try to recall whether you used tell a lie even when you grew up.

It is great to hear that you know the difference between truth and lie in your younger days.

Welcome to mylot. It means you were aware about the difference between truth and lie and you used to lie and but you used to get away with it. I rarely used to tell a lie. My parents taught me some moral values and one of those was to not to tell a lie.