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An article about the development of lying
Feb. 13th, 2008 06:57 pm
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sidrea and leora.
Evangeline already knows how to lie, but she does so very badly. She'll take something that's not hers (like my phone) and, when I ask for it back, rush it behind her back and shrug her shoulders at me. I keep reminding myself that it's an important developmental step.
Angelique has moved past lying (thank goodness), and is now practicing fessing up. This is pretty hard to deal with, because when she does something wrong and admits it (especially if she does so before I ask!), I have to weigh it - do I follow through with her time-out or confiscating this or that the same as if I had to ferret it out myself? Or do I lighten it somewhat, because I don't want to teach her that telling the truth gets her in trouble? This "fessing up" has only really started in the past couple of days, excepting the oatmeal incident, (and I am SO FUCKING THANKFUL FOR IT, REALLY), so I haven't spoken to her parents about it yet, but if it keeps up (please), I think I'll have to.
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sidrea and leora.Evangeline already knows how to lie, but she does so very badly. She'll take something that's not hers (like my phone) and, when I ask for it back, rush it behind her back and shrug her shoulders at me. I keep reminding myself that it's an important developmental step.
Angelique has moved past lying (thank goodness), and is now practicing fessing up. This is pretty hard to deal with, because when she does something wrong and admits it (especially if she does so before I ask!), I have to weigh it - do I follow through with her time-out or confiscating this or that the same as if I had to ferret it out myself? Or do I lighten it somewhat, because I don't want to teach her that telling the truth gets her in trouble? This "fessing up" has only really started in the past couple of days, excepting the oatmeal incident, (and I am SO FUCKING THANKFUL FOR IT, REALLY), so I haven't spoken to her parents about it yet, but if it keeps up (please), I think I'll have to.
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