My Daughter

I think you should be open with your kids. I think she is lying because she might be afraid of you. I remember when I was a child I do lie because I am afraid my mom would spank me as she always do that if I do something wrong. She never talk it out with me , she never got time on me and whenever she could find out that I had done something wrong she would certainly spank and abused me.

My daughter just turned 6 and had a problem with lying all the time too, about the silliest things!! We would make her lay down in her bed if we caught her lying (because that is something she really deosn't like doing) and it has stopped for the most part. I don't know why they do it though, mnaybe they are trying to see what they can get away with. It lasted for a long time though so be predared, just don't ignore it because I think that will make her think it is okay. Once we started telling my daughter that we knew she was lying and how disappointing it is for us then it started to stop. Good luck because it will take time!

with my son thankfully the story about the lion and the shepjhard worked fine and he understood us perfectly. I think using time out would be the best way to teach her that its not acceptable if she is caught lying. try and find out how yopu communicate with her. Do you pay enough attention to what she is saying-too much and too little both are wrong. May be she is doing it for fun or may be hiding the truth is only way she knows how to get your attention. my seven year just answered me that kids lie because they fear that they will be scolded if they say the truth. May be thats what you have to tell her repeatedly that you will not punish her even after she has done something mischievious if she tell the truth and in reallity do not make a fuss out of it and let it be. I mean choose to ignore a minor offence in lieu of instilling the acceptable behavior.

I know this darling little girl, and it's just a stage I think. My son tells my mother in law he watches scary movies.. and that's far from true.. and we can't figure out wheere he got it, bad dream maybe.... Just talk to her.

My daughter also started lying to us, she is also 5yrs. What upset me was she would lie about silly things. I have decided to just ignore these lies and hope that it is a stage that she will grow out off.