Lying, my friends, is not nice. Now that the catâs out of the bag, let me break the ice by saying that I just thought of at least three ways in which Iâve lied to my kids in the past five minutes (the biggest one being that a certain 5-year-old will not be going to her monthly sleepover night at Grandma and Grandpaâs with her cousins this weekend if she doesnât stop picking on her sisterâŚbecause mommy and daddy donât like to punish ourselvesâŚ).
Lying isnât nice, but for some reason itâs a form of survival and a necessary evil when youâre parenting. I canât think of one parent who hasnât lied about something (Iâm talking to you, Miss âSorry sweetie, there are no more cookiesâ). So, how do you know if youâre lying is downright wrong or if itâs okay? If it makes you feel any better, here are a couple of common lies we tell our children and a breakdown of why they are okay (really, I donât condone lying).
Youâll Throw Something Away
Okay, so when your kids donât clean up their rooms before bed and you threaten to pick up all their toys for them by placing them in a trash bag and walking it to the street so the nice guys in the big garbage truck can have them in the morning, itâs a lie. Those toys were expensive. Youâre not throwing them away. Itâs not a nice lie, but itâs an effective one so therefore itâs okay in mommy years to lie about this. If it gets your kids motivated to do their chores, then so be it.
The âInsert Name of Bakery/Toy Store/Attraction Hereâ is Closed
Sometimes you just donât want to stop for yet another day of looking at dinosaur bones in the same old childrenâs museum, so you lie. Itâs okay. Your kids arenât going to lose out on anything by not getting to go to the dinosaur museum for the 78th time this month. Youâre good to go.
Santaâs Watching
Technically, you are Santa. So technically, this is not a lie. There. Enough said.
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