When Your Child Lies
March 9th, 2010 by admin
Children want the approval of their parents and to feel like they belong. When rules are put in place and your child is dishonest in order that they don’t break the rules, how do you discipline them? Especially if you know that they have been dishonest and they deny it? You want your child to learn the lying is not an option and that there will be consequences. It can be hard to decide what type of consequences will work best depending on what the situation is. Ultimately you want your children to have a habit of being honest especially with their parents! A good way to put rules in place is for your child to create their own consequence. This makes it so you, the parent do not become the “bad guy” and they will have to choose something serious enough so that they will continue to be honest in the future.