(September 8, 2015 at 12:28 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I think it's good for children to learn that they can't trust everything you tell them to be the absolute truth.
They need to trust their own judgement and discovering that even people who love them tell them lies is valuable. My kids worked it out for themselves, my sister told me and we went on a present hunt.
I also agree with this, but I found lying about obvious things from ages 2-5 is a fun way to teach your kids to figure things out for themselves while maintaining that trust.
For example when I'm cooking dinner and my almost 3 year old asks what I'm doing I'll tell her I'm dancing ballet with a giraffe, or when she points to my cellphone and asks what it is I'll say "it's a cow, what do cows say?"
Kids think it's funny, and at the same time I thinks it's a fun way to teach them to figure out their own answers instead of believing everything other people tell them.
