Discussion»Questions»Human Behavior» If an adult tells you that as child, he/she NEVER told a lie, do you believe it, or is that just a falsehood, far-fetched, an impossibility?
It depends on where you draw the line of childhood. I don't think children lie with malicious intent. I think they lie when they are old enough to understand right from wrong and there will be repercussions if they made a poor choice. In order to avoid punishment, they may stretch the truth. This is until they are old enough to realize that lying about it will get them in worse trouble. Then it is a double-edged sword. You made a poor choice... you're in trouble..... (probably safety was involved)... you lie... another poor choice. Now, what are you going to do? You're back to owning-up to your actions. All-in-all, it is age dependent. I think 0-5 no. they don't lie intentionally. 6-13 yes and learning lying about what they did makes it worse. 14-18, don't care either way.
In the question, I didn't distinguish between intentionally lying an un intentionally lying, and as far as drawing a line of childhood, I was referring to the time-frame from birth to age eighteen. ~
I was surprised to find out the exact opposite just this past week when someone responded to another question I posted on the topic. That's partially why I then posted this one. ~
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Merlin 