And, of course, children lie when they think the house rules are too strict and they decide to disobey them. Let’s say you have a 16–year–old who isn’t allowed to wear makeup, but all her friends are wearing it. So she wears it outside the house, then lies to you about it...
Unfortunately, you have no choice when one or more adult children disapprove of you. They become so bitter, they no longer see the forest from the trees. This adult child does not know how to express anger, a common emotion. Sometimes, even though they are ‘our children,’ their actions...
blurred lines of reality, wishful thinking, experimenting with boundaries or all of the above can be reasons why kids lie. Sending children to their room won’t help them understand what went wrong or how to correct their behavior. However, there...
After a bitter ongoing custody battle and multiple scary incidents in their family, Tameka Raymond and Usher‘s relationship grows more and more strained. But they can work to make their family’s heartache allow them to grow closer together, for the sake of their two young children. The ...
How do children, adolescents and adults respond when they lie: The views of deception experts and laypersons investigatedVrij, AAkehurst, LKnight, S
Are you interested in learning how to make someone admit they are lying? Sometimes you know someone close to you is lying but you just can’t seem to prove it. People who lie don’t do it only to make themselves feel or look good or to gain different benefits, sometimes they do it ...
When I recently chose to divorce this man who had played “grandpa” to my children’s children, old wounds surfaced. Had I known that to leave him meant I would lose my only local family, I probably would have stayed for the sake of the grandchildren. It’s that old programming baby...
Many people know that girls, on average, are worse at math than boys. But the gender difference is three times greater when it comes to reading. According to international studies, this is where boys struggle. Why? And what can be done about it? For starters, children who struggle most ...
I would like to see you write about how to help children who are having psychic experiences. My daughter sees spirits and she is very frightened by what she sees. She asks why she is seeing “scary” people instead of “nice” people and I am unsure how to help her. ...
I’ve told my H I want a divorce. Years of emotional abuse & joy sponging & negativity & I tried to fix things for ages but it didn’t work...