How to Handle Lying Kids

Hi parents! I know you are now afraid that your children caught lying on something or always lying on something. Lucky you to find this post since this article will explain you the best solution as the first is that you need to know that basically lying is normal. It can be done by the adults too in daily life. But as parents you need to know the reason why your children are lying as adults also have reasons why they lie.

So, if you want to handle this kind of the behavior then, you need to know the reasons behind it. Here are some possible reasons the children lie. The first possible reason children lie is because they want to establish identity. They may lie to their peers like they lie that they already done something that they actually did not do, they lie that they went somewhere yet in fact, they haven’t been there yet. So, that they can look impressive toward the others.

Anyway kinds of the lying of the children may be different and if you find that your children saying “Mom, I saw a Santa Clause flying outside the window”. This kind of the statement cannot be stated as a lie since children is engaged to imagination and it will make sense to the world surround him. So, this kind of the statement is normal and cannot be considered as lying.

Children may lie because they want to avoid to hurt other’s feeling. This may also happen to adults and it is normal. We also need to bend the children to bend the truth. Like when they do not like grandpa’s gift, then they should not say that in that like in the fact. So, bend the fact according to situation should be fine for them. Sometime lying for children could be the solution for them to avoid the troubles.

Since lying has so many motivations so there are some wise ways to handle this kind of not moral issue. The first is like you should not be too complicated in your message. So, the statements that you speak up to your children are that you need to arrange your language so that the message would be simple and understandable. You need to be specific in mentioning the talks and the ideas in the conversation with your children for sure.  

Maybe for your children they only know that lying is one of the problem solving as well. But in fact lying is not the only solution to solve the problem. What you can you do to your children is that you need to open the door. You should not to be angry to your children when they are lying. You need to be open as when you know that your children is lying then you can ask them obviously the reason why they lie. Then, you can even get the exact reasons and the roots of the problem that cause they lie. Build their confidence for sure.

(source: familytimes.biz)