Children's lies are not uncommon and very common. Lying is very frustrating for parents and often causes conflicts in the family.
If the child has lied, then before you scold the child, you should think about the reason that prompted him to lie. Children aged 3-5 most often do not lie, they just have a good imagination. By such behavior, they try to protect themselves from disturbing events, very often they pass off their desires as reality. Kids live in a world of games and fantasy. Children often just imitate their favorite characters and believe in their superpowers. Due to his fictional fantasies, the child feels calmer. For such a lie, you should not scold children, but treat it with humor.
By the age of seven, the child is already able to distinguish between reality and fiction. The kid may already feel ashamed for a bad deed. At this age, he may exaggerate facts, talk about himself or come up with something that he does not have in life, for example, some kind of game or phone. This is how the child becomes more confident in his abilities, feels his significance. Behind such a lie is the desire to attract attention.
Children often hide the truth, and the reason for this is fear of punishment. The child lies to avoid trouble. Frequent trickery sometimes develops the habit of trickery. The child often lies in order to obtain the desired good. If the baby was rejected by his peers, then he also seeks to invent anything in order to attract attention. If the child is not exposed in time, then he begins to live in this fictional world.
According to the kid, he is the coolest, favorite and best there. This behavior can lead to a closure in itself. There are also cases when a child lies in defense of his inner world from the ridicule of adults. The more adults elicit the most intimate secrets, the more sophisticated the child's lie becomes.
