Ariel’s in one of those phases right now where she’s testing the rules. Big one right now has to do with the truth.

She’s not too bad yet, and the lies are pretty small and obvious. She doesn’t even mean to lie, I think, most of the time she does it, but other times it does seem to be more deliberate, and those are the times we keep the most watch on. Four year olds tell lots of innocent lies, though.

We’ve talked to her about how lying can make her friends not trust her, as well as expressing our own disapproval. She is getting more interested in having good friendships with her classmates, so the idea that lying will impact that definitely disturbs her.

I’m curious, of course, about what other parents do about lying. I don’t think we have a problem yet, but I always like to hear about how these things should be handled at different ages.

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