Simple Ways to Stop Your Older Child Lying

Understand why your teenager lies and get them to be more honest, with these helpful tips.

It’s frustrating when your child is telling lies. They can range from huge fibs to little white lies. Every child lies, but some do it more than others.

Sometimes, we even encourage them to lie to avoid offending someone, like, “Tell Nanny how much you love the jumper she knitted for you!”

Why do children lie?

As children grow older, they realise they can cover up the truth or make themselves sound better with lies. It’s something we do as adults too.

Reasons behind your child telling lies include:

    • Get themselves out of trouble

    • Cover up inappropriate behaviour

    • Improve their popularity

    • Boost self esteem

    • Test out a new behaviour to see what happens

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