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Liar , Liar
By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
(Strategies For Optimum Success)
Why does an older child lie? There are
Don’t lie to me, we admonish a child who -
ademically and socially, to win praise and
approval, to gain an advantage, to escape
each day for why she didn’t do her home-
when he thought we weren’t looking, and
If we do not counteract in a child the urge
to cheat and lie at the earliest stage, say
The don’t-lie-to-me-mantra carries the
weight not only of our teacher and paren-
-
children tend to spin tall tales and distort
not remain naïve 5 and 6 year olds for very
