Teaching my children about telling the truth has both surprised and challenged me as a mother.  I think I had the (unfounded) belief that children just naturally tell the truth, and that they wouldn’t start to tell bold-faced lies until they were old enough to really think through the process of having devious motivation, an alibi, and details to back their claims up.  It seems, though, that kids (at least, MY kids) are actually naturally … Read entire article »