Should we take the same approach to every child who tells a lie? Andrea Clifford-Poston says that we should first try to understand why they do
nothing enrages an adult more than children lying. Indeed, you are likely to have punished a child, not for the deed he or she did, but for lying about it.
Many adults feel that lying is never acceptable and yet, at the same time, will admit to telling 'white lies' themselves, such as making up an excuse to refuse an invitation.
Lying seems to be part of life; the writer D H Lawrence said we need to lie like we need to wear trousers.
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