Parenting and Lying

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(04-25-2016, 04:39 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: you lie your tail off.   In the hopes that they make better decisions than the obvious idiotic ones you made.   Just because you did something dumb doesn't mean your kid should fall victim to the same.  

Then later they ask their Uncle Ted about you when you were a teenager, and Uncle Ted busts a gut telling them how high you were most of your teenage years and all your credibility with them goes right about the window.

If they're old enough to ask about getting high and cutting class, they're old enough to hear the truth.  Use it as a teaching moment instead of trying to cover your ass.  Lies always come back to bite you, so fess up and try to make a negative a positive.  My .02.