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Lies Carry the Truth    

    

"Q. What should I do about my 5-yr-old lying? He's a bright boy. Sometimes the lies he tells now are imaginative, but more frequently it's just denying that he did something by saying it was the ghost who lives with us. How can I get him to accept the consequences when he won't admit he's done it? Sometimes I try just saying "Oh look! The shampoo's spilled all over the floor! Here, you take this towel and I'll take this one and let's clean it up." He shrugs me off like he was a teenager! (He's 5.)

Other times I ignore the lie coming out of his mouth and go on based on what I can see: He says he put his books away, but they're still out, so we don't leave for the park. I don't think I give the impression that I believe his lies. I just don't want to have to deal with it."  

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