I try to think back to when I was a kid and what would happen to me if I lied to my parents. Would I get the "wooden spoon" treatment, a smack across the face or the "wait until your father gets home' speech, which I really hated.
These days, it seems like kids are lying more and it makes me so mad! I can't seem to wrap my head around why my step kids have chose to use lying as a form of communication when they were hurt so much growing up by someone who lied to them.
I asked my stepdaughter if the hair on her neck stood up when she lied, "It does" she said, so I know she is aware of what she is doing, but it is like she doesn't care and is happy to go on about her business. I told her to remember that not all pain can be felt like a rug burn, and sometimes internal pain can hurt even worse.
I am really hoping that she and her brother grow out of this because it has been really hard on the family and the teachers at school. I still am a horrible liar, my parents never threatened me or any of my sisters, we just always knew better.
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