Lies you tell your kids

If you pee in the pool during swim lessons it'll turn the water red...lol.  Makes them always go the bathroom before getting in.

Chris

It's not quite as serious as all that, Renee.  Just some parental hijinks, I don't think it's done with any malice towards our children.

I like to tell kids like it is and then watch their reaction.  Normally it's either amazement, shock, or they're just dumbfounded.

Thank the Lord that I don't have any of my own, though!

Steve

Edited by sranney 2005-07-15 2:55 PM

Hold that thought!

Renee, it's not really lying. It's creative use of language to maintain one's sanity and prevent one from doing or saying something that could truly scar the little buggers angels. Parents dont' lie, we create little fantasies to help everyone get through the day.

After all, Santa Claus is a lie we tell our children, but it sure makes the beginning of winter here in the north bearable.

I'm laughing at the posts above by those with no kids.  Reminds me of my BIL and my father, who spoil my son rotten with chocolate, making me the bad guy for not giving it to him at home.

I guess when my son asks me a question, and questions the answer (which is after EVERY question), I say "because I said so".  Not a good answer, since this is now the response I get from him every time I question him. 

I can't think of any lies we tell him, they kind of just come up spur of the moment usually.  Like if we drive past a park and he wants to go, we say it is closed.  He has such bad luck, all the fun stuff is closed when we drive or ride by it. 

nliedel--your C&H story is hilarious. I used some of that stuff to get my kids to eat certain things. We have catepillar guts from time to time (rotini noodles with red sauce), we've had cheesy seaweed (cheese pasta with spinach), etc. The kids always respond with "Moooom, what is it really?" but they eat it.

Before they could tell time, the most used one was "It's practically 8 o'clock. Time for bed." When it was more like 7:30.

As the kids get older, we try to be more honest with them, but some things they just don't need to know just yet.

My parents told us that same thing.  My sister and I were always soo disappointed that the ice cream truck (Mr Whippy) was out of icecream everytime he came up our street.

That's awesome. Some weekends I think McDonalds is where I live.

My kids wanted to stay up to ring in the new year this past January. They were getting very tired and very cranky. I snuck around and set all the clocks 2 hours forward, we sang "Auld Lang Syne" at 10:00 PM and put the kids to bed. Hey it was already 2005 in Iceland, right?

That is a great example of lying to your kids for a positive effect. Everyone wins that way.

LOL...that's me to a T.  Everytime I get a little cut or scrape, as we are sitting around the dinner table I'll show the kids then make up a story about how I got chased by a wild animal (grizzly bear, badger, coyote, shark). and I had to fight them off.  For a second they believe me, until they turn to their mom and ask if it's true.

QUOTE]nliedel - 2005-07-18 2:22 PM