Do you lie to your kids?
No really. Do you? I mean… just LOOK at Ann Curry’s face.
You’re lying RIGHT NOW. And she T-O-T-A-L-L-Y knows.
Because, according to the Today Show and some rather swarmy ladies from Todaymoms.com, you are just oozing with lies. LIES.
YOU BIG, FAT LIAR.
Personally, I try not to lie to Will — but not because lying isn’t fun (because it totally is!), no. Will is way to smart and tends to figure things out… He spends a lot of time and asks A LOT of QUESTIONS…. taking the fun completely OUT OF THE LIE. Santa Claus was suspect for weeks before Christmas. There was a lot of concern over how he gets onto the roof… “He doesn’t use a ladder, he doesn’t NEED a ladder.” We were three steps to polishing off the liquor cabinet with his series of investigations, but it all ended when Mr. Claus paid off big time Christmas morning. Thank you VERY much, John Deere.
And, didn’t you know, this is a heated topic. Why, it was just a few months back that I was perusing Facebook when I came across a post from fellow blogger, Jaime Lee, who had written a nice little HONEST post about ’6 lies moms tell kids’. For the most part, these 6 categories of dishonesty are all based in keeping a child happy and protected. You know — ‘The Tooth Fairy’, ‘Let’s not talk about sex yet, the baby came from a stork’, ‘GYPSIES’. All rather harmless, and in all honesty, easy enough for a child to understand and quickly get over once the real truth is unveiled. But as I read on to the comments section, I found myself all stressed out and twisted up in the world of someone that DOES NOT LIE….
“As Life Gets Better says:
Would the article be as “entertaining” if it was from your spouse and titled “Yeah, So, This Is How I Lie To My Wife/Husband All The Time And He/She Is Just Too Naive and Trusting To Know It”.
“Lying is part of every mom’s parenting arsenal. If you say otherwise, either your kid’s too young to understand verbal language or you’re in denial. We all do it.”
No, we don’t *all* do it, yes, my kids are certainly old enough to understand verbal language and I’m not in denial. Lying is just wrong, period.
And no, FTR because I’m sure I’ll get lots of “hate” replies to my thoughts on this and questions about Santa…we don’t tell our kids that Santa is a real man who is magic and is going to sneak into our house and leave presents. You actually can have a fabulous Christmas without him.”
Yes. Totally Fabulous. And I’m really enjoying this fork that I just shoved in my eye.
In other news…. I’m over at Sprocket Ink where things are all shiny and new. I’m new there, and coughing up things I’d never say here…. like ” those Mother F**kers that run like six deep”. It’s fun. Come visit.
Hi, Ryan! I was pretty shocked at the outrage generated by my post about lies we tell our kids. I had no idea people would get so up in arms! I tried to stay out of the crossfire, but it really was a testament to how touchy we can be about honesty.
I’m a screen yeller. I probably would have yelled at the facebook comments, “YOU’RE LYING RIGHT NOW, YOU LYING LIAR!” And then my husband would have looked at me and asked me what was wrong, and I would have looked at him and lied and said, “nothing.”
Dude, I still bear the emotional scars from wearing the “liar” hat in the second grade. Apparently the nuns don’t get the same kind of perverse enjoyment from wiping mashed up, chewed cookie paste on the pews & then lying about it, as we do.