Tuesday, November 16, 2010

5 steps to stopping children lying

Lying is a part of every child's live. We don't know the exact point where children pick up lying. They can be as young as three years old! But they can some times give their best shot.

No parents want to have a child that lies but expect it, to help parents to stopping it, there are 5 steps. When it comes to talking to our children about this problem, the conversation needs to be successful by formulation.

1. You need start by telling your child that you know he/she has been lying, and you can provide them with specific examples. If your action doesn't make an immediate change, your child needs to understand that his parents pay attention to things they said and they pay even closer attention in the future.

2. You should explain to your child why lying is bad, and remember that children lie for many reasons, and it's can be for good or for bad. Some children don't want his parents be disappointed if they forgot doing something, and it's considered to 'good lie', and you need to tell to your child that even they lie for a good reason, it's a bad behavior.

3. Lets the child know that you are serious, by maintain eye contact with him or with her when you are talking, this type of conversation (one-on-one) your child decide that lying is not worth if he or she has to do an other conversation like this one.

4. You need to talk with your children about lying allows you to show him the type of damage done when the reality is told. For the most part, your children
Never give a second thought to what lying are doing and will do. So you have the perfect opportunity to explain how lying hurts and even causes serious damage, in many ways. Your child needs might be to understand the consequences of the lies. 

5. Finally, Dr Laura was used a great method. She had the same problem with her child, and she turns the table on him, she decides that she too would lie to let him see how it felt. She told to her son to go to his room and prepare his bags because they were going to Disneyworld the next day. The next day, when he started asking specific questions, she said 'Oh, I am sorry, I was lying'. She works this always for one week and of course he never lied to her again.

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