What lies do you tell your kids?

Question

My 4 year old believes that eating spaghetti is the secret to being able to produce spiderman webs. Pasta is not one of his favorite dishes.

I push spaghetti on his as he already eats everything else- fruit, vege, shellfish, curry, any kind of fish or meat- he just thought spaghetti was boring! Now it's super exciting for him

Answer 1

my younger ones believe that when the song plays on the ice-cream truck, it means that they are all out of ice cream

Answer 2

hmmm the big lie is that his daddy is just away working when in all reality his dad just made the choice to leave and doesn't get to come around much but i find he handles "daddy is working" better than he would handle "daddy is to busy to come around".

My mom has told my son about the toothfairy and because it is something she said and I don't want to make her seem like a liar I just follow through with it.

I can't really remember any other lies we have told but I am sure along the way we have said little white lies. Of course I have taught my boys to lie about some little white things too. My cousin is 13 years old with thyroid problems and really upset about her weight and I had to explain to my boys that telling her she is big or fat was not a good thing at all so now my 5 year old will tell her she is beautiful and compliment her on things where as my nephew who lies about everything else will tell her she is fat.

Answer 3

Who doesn't like pasta? I would eat it every day if I had to. I eat more pasta than meat.

Its best to tell him what good nutrition is required. After he starts school, or when he turns 12, the truth must be told.

Answer 4

first of all, connies answer made me laugh so hard my stomache hurts now. but i never really lied to him. except for santa and such. well, he used to be afraid of going into the bathroom and turning on the light, i just told him the boogy man is scared of the word boo, so for awhile there, everytime he went into the bathroom, he would yell boo first. it was actually quite funny. that went on for about 2 months till i told him the boogy man went to a different house. then when a good friend of mine had cancer, he used to buy her a pack of gum, because he thought the gum made her hair grow back. we never told him any different. now he is 9 years old, and not sure if im lying about thinngs like the easter bunny, and santa. he comes up to me and says hi santa, or hi tooth fairy, how much you going to bring me on my next lost tooth. everything else, i tell him the truth about.

Answer 5

That is so cool - very creative!! Actually, we did this a lot when our son was younger. He was a good eater, but sometimes didn't want to eat rice. I guess he was around 4, too. He asked WHY he had to eat the rice, and his dad started this - that to get black hair like his dad, he'd have to eat his rice. My son's hair is brown, but he always said he wanted black hair like his dad. Yes, it worked!
Another thing he believe in for a long time was "Mama Magic" - like the eyes in the back of the head thing -- how in the world I knew he was doing certain 'bad' things, even if he were in his bedroom! (Duh, he left clues.... or I just 'knew" him...).
*Connie - your answer made me laugh out loud!!! My cat thought I was nuts...

Answer 6

Go with that, sometimes a harmless lie is ok... just don't tell them big ones that will hurt them. My 4 year old thinks hamburger is ham, and it tastes differant because of the way I have cooked it. I can't get her to eat beef any other way.

Answer 7

Can't think of much other than Santa, tooth fairy, easter bunny...and sometimes I lie about what time it is if they need to get to bed a little earlier than usual. The spaghetti lie is cute. : )

Answer 8

My 4 year old son still believes in monsters, so he has a "special" spray bottle he keeps on his nightstand. It's mostly water, with a little febreeze for scent.

Answer 9

"Brown soup" for cream of mushroom. They like the soup (always have since they were tiny), but not whole mushrooms, and I just know they'd stop eating it if I told them what was in it! I have to make it when they're not in the house :)

Answer 10

we have a paper mill in our town, so that's a cloud factory, and that brown cows produce chocolate milk, I also told them after they sleep im actually a superhero who fights crime and can lift cars and jump from one street to another, but only when they are alseep

Answer 11

First do no harm ! LOL
Sometimes we just have to do what we gotta do !
I don't believe that something like this or even Santa Clause is harmful.
Common sense will guide you !