Carley has been lying allot lately. She's been blaming all her naughtiness on her siblings. I know, a normal thing to do. I did my fair share of blaming my sister when I was little too. Well today I tell her the story of the boy who cries wolf. We talked about how I'm starting to not trust or believe her story. I can no longer tell if she is telling the truth which, as you can guess, is becoming a problem. She says to me, "Even if I tell lies mom, you still have to trust me." I'm completely getting through, ha!
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1 year ago
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Boy, these little spirits we have on our hands! They're a handful sometimes aren't they??!! I'm going through the same thing with my kids. Good thing we love them so much!:)
I think kids today are so strong compared to us as kids. It makes raising them a harder job than our parents had...but then we are stronger for it. She is adorable.
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that is a funny comment. oh carley girl. it makes me think of years ago for lauren's blessing when we could not get her to smile. and then as soon as i put the camera down she would smile away. silly girl!
Kennedy is a big liar pants too. Let me know if you find anything that works! Good luck
we have that same issue too with one of our youngins....the never cry wolf story hasn't worked...but his siblings telling him to knock it off is starting to nip it in the bud...good luck
Good luck with that. It's hard to find that balance of wanting to trust your kids, but knowing you can't sometimes!
Oh no! Tell me it's just a stage they go through!! That is a really cute picture of her. My kids haven't figured the whole lying thing out yet.
We tried a drop of vinegar with Alex everytime we caught him lying. He doesnt lie too often any more.
Hannah went through a lying phase and did grow out of it. We did the old fashioned wash your mouth out with soap. May sound like cruel and unusual punishment, but it sure made me not want to lie as a kid!
Hey Karen!
It seems like parents always tell me their kids do this between the ages of 5-7. They all complain about them lying or telling stories, and lying for the most random reasons! So it might be just a phase she goes through. It seems like mom always knew when we were lying though when we were kids. I once asked her how she knew, she told me, "The Holy Ghost tells me when you are being honest. I'm your mom so I have a right to get that information." Maybe it's something you haven't thought of yet... maybe you could pray for help in discerning when she's being honest and how to deal with it when she's not??? Hopefully it will just pass with time though! I love reading up on your family and seeing the pictures! They are beautiful! :D I was thinking about Kenny yesterday and remembered when he was born back when I was in 8th grade I think? We went to see him in the hospital. Can't believe he's 8 now!
Love,
Harmony
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