Why Kids Lie

Why do kids lie? Quick answer – for the same reason adults do. If there's something of enough value at stake, truth seems less important. The deeper question is: What's so valuable to us that we would lie, even when we value the truth? Today's podcast unravels reasons why a child resorts to deception and empowers parents to respond to their child with less unproductive anger, worry, or disappointment. Effective parenting in this situation starts with understanding the child's lying as a display of inner suffering and an unintentional cry for help. The message of this podcast provides understanding and empathy for a trying moment in parenting. And then leads parents through the first step toward turning the situation around. In His Grace and Peace, John and Beth Murphy