Lying

All kids have lie, we have all done it. Yes, even you the parent! Admit it, at one time or other when you were little you told a little lie, a fabrication, or a bending of the truth. Whatever you want to call it, you lied. Eventually, you, the parent, got in trouble. But what about when parents lie to their own kids! Should you be lying to your kids in the first place? Is it time your kids put you in time out!? In my opinion it's very simple, as the parent, you should not lie to your kids. Morally, you know it's not okay to lie in the first place. Lying also encourages absolutely no trust in a family. Finally, psychology you are teaching your kids that lying is okay to do!

Let's establish one fact, lying is not okay to do. Remember what your parents taught you about ethics when you were little. They taught you to hold doors open for adults, and to pull a chair out for a girl. Thinking back, probably the most important lesson you were taught you was not to lie. Simply put, lying is morally not …show more content…
Children are like sponges, and they will follow in your footsteps simply because of the development of their brain. Statistics show that children will most likely follow what a parent does rather than what a parent says. Kids take everything in. Psychology, you have to realize that when kids are little, they aspire to be like their parents. Do your kids a little favor and set a good example. Just image how confusing it would be if you tell your kids not to lie, and then you turn around and lie to them! Now, you might wonder that if you keep your lie hidden, they will never know you had lied. They would not follow in any bad footsteps. Take in mind that all lies eventually come out. They will lose a lot more trust in you when you tell them the truth years later than if you were honest upright. They could feel betrayed. That is a feeling that can be hard to