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I raised him right, right? Self blame and the pursuit of happiness.
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<blockquote data-quote="Nikimoto" data-source="post: 650568" data-attributes="member: 18791"><p>Wish I had thought of this with my older children, but didn't so oh well. After reviewing many articles over the past couple decades plus on children and lying, I've come to understand it is not only normal but an essential developmental tool for building character. Armed with this knowledge, once my pixy child began to openly lie at the beginning of 1st grade, I devised a strategy to cue her. We have a "lying time" where she must tell me all of her lies. This has developed into snack time after school, and we spend the time sharing laughs and discussing the difference between facts and fiction. She is also writing a fiction story, so she enjoys this. It does not prevent typical naughty lying, but she now knows I will cue her and she has to fess up or be punished just for the lie.</p><p>Also, on grown kids peeing the bed, just brought back one of my worst memories from being a narcotics investigator in the Army....one young soldier who failed the ua had to face a room search. While my partner and I discovered many illegal and disturbing things in his barracks room, (such as stealing and crushing the percosets of his roomie with the broken foot), the backpack full of pissed sheets was by far the most upsetting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nikimoto, post: 650568, member: 18791"] Wish I had thought of this with my older children, but didn't so oh well. After reviewing many articles over the past couple decades plus on children and lying, I've come to understand it is not only normal but an essential developmental tool for building character. Armed with this knowledge, once my pixy child began to openly lie at the beginning of 1st grade, I devised a strategy to cue her. We have a "lying time" where she must tell me all of her lies. This has developed into snack time after school, and we spend the time sharing laughs and discussing the difference between facts and fiction. She is also writing a fiction story, so she enjoys this. It does not prevent typical naughty lying, but she now knows I will cue her and she has to fess up or be punished just for the lie. Also, on grown kids peeing the bed, just brought back one of my worst memories from being a narcotics investigator in the Army....one young soldier who failed the ua had to face a room search. While my partner and I discovered many illegal and disturbing things in his barracks room, (such as stealing and crushing the percosets of his roomie with the broken foot), the backpack full of pissed sheets was by far the most upsetting. [/QUOTE]
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