The lie is one of the resources that children use the most to try to avoid punishment, in the event of a possible stupefaction, to have disobeyed, in short, anything that may bother the child and think that it will have a negative impact. It is a bad habit that we parents should try to eliminate through an adequate education full of trust and honesty.
There is a before and after marked by an age, that of 7 years, there is a notable difference between both stages. Before reaching 7 years, it is much more difficult for a child to distinguish a lie from a fable, a fantasy and a reality, the imagination sometimes plays a trick on them but they are at the right age for it, as We have spoken on other occasions, fantasy is something normal that helps them in the formation of many aspects of their personality.
Although here we talk about everything that surrounds children up to 6 years, the consequences of how to act during this stage, are reflected later. If our education and training regarding the child has been adequate, after 7 years the child will not be the small house Pinocchio and will have the foundations of the correct behavior, of the adequate confidence and a much clearer perspective of the reality.
From the age of 7 he has minimized that stage in which many fantastic aspects are mixed with reality and, without an adequate basis, the lie becomes a resource, a method of defense, which is used right and left, even without any need.
These are some reasons that as parents, as far as possible and with the appropriate system, we teach the children the bases that will eliminate by themselves that behavior, sincerity, trust, affection, all this helps the proper development child's intellectual and a clear conception of reality for years to come.
