Lies

[trix1e]

Back in December, I discovered that Faith had been hiding her DS in her bed, which is strictly against the rules. I took the DS away and put it in my dresser, in the skinny drawer that houses some of my jewelry. At least, I thought I did. When I went to look for it, to give it back to her at Christmas so she could play her new game, it wasn't there

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[laracorsets]

ALL children lie, more so as they get older. It is all a matter of degrees.

[trix1e]

I don't know if this is true. Maybe YOU did, but I did not. I lied very rarely, and never over something like this. I wasn't sneaky. It bothers me a great deal that she

snuck into my bedroom,
took something she wasn't supposed to have,
hid it from me for two months,
had the nerve to blame me for misplacing it,
then lied about how it got back there, right to my face,

What really blows me away is when she says, "You never believe me!" when I present her with the reasons why I don't, which are irrefutable.

This is more than just a little lie, Lara.

[chinook_wind]

I was sneaky as a kid, and I lied. I sometimes got caught, sometimes didn't.

However, it bothered me when I was telling the truth and my mom wouldn't believe me, too -- I got beat black and blue once because my mom didn't believe what I was saying, even though I hadn't done what she was accusing me of . Did this teach me not to lie? No. It taught me that my mom wasn't safe. And I know that mostly what I lied about wasn't stuff that was critical.

I would actually suggest finding a different way to punish Faith, since I know for me the things I lied easily about weren't things I considered important, or things I didn't think were fair or reasonable to stop me from doing/having. If a punishment or whatever irritated me, rather than actually HURT me, I would find a way to sneak around it and then lie about it. So find something that actually does impact her that she won't sneer at, and I would bet it'll be a bigger emotional deal, and she won't lie or sneak.