Lying among children
When does lying starts ?
Lying starts very young. From infancy you already being lied to. A baby will do everything to get positive attention and learns very quickly how he manage this. A baby will therefore sometimes laugh, even if he is not happy when he tries to get positive attention. So with babies are the first "little lies" are born!
The moment when fib is called lying?
If an infant or toddler lies, we mostly call it "fib". The big difference between a lie of a young child and an adult is that young children don't clearly identify the difference between truth and a lie . If a child is very young then an expectation or a wish for instance, are spoken as if it is real.For this child, this is his reality, and therefore can technically do not even have told a lie. Only around their 6 - to 8 year of age children gradually come to understand the distinction between truth and lie.
Why do kids lie?
If children do lie a lie is to avoid punishment, being better among friends or not being bullied. A child is often very aware of how his examples (parents, teacher, grandparents) dealing with lying. It is therefore useful to handle this carefully.
Good to know
It's good to know that young children who have broken something do lie. Not only because they fear punishment. It could be as well they didnot act on purpose. For a child may "not intentionally done anything" be equal to " not done anything". Once a parent is aware of that,you may deal with it a lot better.
Which reward?
Parents have to reward the honest conduct of their child and not to punish. This makes it safer for a child and he or she will tell the truth instead or it pays to lie.
Our training focuses, on how best to deal with recognizing lies among children. In addition, you also learn how you be able to deal with it in the best possible way.
