Parenting and Lying

[Benton]

(04-25-2016, 03:59 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Lying to kids about Santa Clause is fine.  

Lying about why the hair brush handle smells like ass is fine if the kids are too small to understand adult sexual relations.

But what about when you tell your kids not to do something you did at their age?  What do you do if your son asks you if you ever skipped classes to get high?

Depends on the age. Mostly, I tell the truth.

But, I never skipped classes to get high. I did drink in class, but I've never been asked that one. I don't go into every detail (especially when it comes to promiscuity in high school), but it's important to be honest about the dumb decisions you've made. If you don't your kid is going to realize he can't talk to you about it.

Think about it: you hook up with a girl and your junk smells like bok choy. Do you talk to your parent (who lied and said they never had sex until marriage) or do you talk to your buddy (who lied about ever hooking up with a chick and only knows what he knows from porn and the internet)? I was lucky, my parents were fairly honest with me about the things they had and hadn't done in their life. So when I had a problem, if it was something they'd experienced, I talked to them about it. If they hadn't, I didn't always.

But, like I said, that depends on the age. If it's something I don't think they're ready to talk about, I tell them to ask me when they're older.