Very often, when faced with the fact that the child is telling the truth, parents panic: they regard children's lies with the position of "adult" morals and condemn it, find unacceptable, and the child begin to re-educate, punish, etc. However, Canadian experts consolation: if the child is lying, it is actually a good sign.
Of course, systematic lies can be a sign of an unhealthy psychology and an occasion to refer to specialists. But sporadic cases of child lying should not scare parents. According to experts, the ability to speak the truth only indicates that the child is developing normally.
Researchers from the University of Toronto have found that the ability to lie is produced on one of the stages of development of mental abilities of the child. It is important that this step took place, that is, the child has learned to lie and be aware of your lies, Canadian experts are convinced. During the experiments, they were convinced that the facts podtasovyvaya children "grow up mentally," sharpen your mind.
In a study of Canadians attended by more than 1,000 children under the age of 17 years. Little participants were tested for integrity, putting in a certain place the toy room and asking not to look at her when the room was not an adult. Some children do not have stood this test, I lied that spied on toy - scientists have known of the deception, because the reaction of the children wrote down a hidden camera.
As a result, researchers found that among children two years of lying about 20%, but four years deceiving adults are able to have 90% of the children. The most sophisticated of lying children turned 12 years old.
Experts assure parents that most of the children lies is quite innocent deception, in which there is nothing to worry about. Little liars will not grow pathological liars if they tell a lie to adults only from time to time. Children's development as a whole benefits from the child's ability to speak the truth. (READ MORE)
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