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  1. It is always the knee-jerk reactions of human beings to blame someone else. To point the finger. I think it has to do partly with the way we were raised. Parents always said to me; “It’ll be worse if I catch you in a lie.” I’ve tried it both ways and they seem to be about the same. But if you lie you had a slight chance of getting away with it. A friend of mine told me a long time ago that when his son did something, but told him the truth about it, he didn’t get punished at all. I agree with the concept but it is not practical in application. Sometimes their actions requires punishment. As parents we should make a conscious effort to reinforce that lying is going to make the punishment worse.

    1. Hey Steve – what about having two punishments (one for the crime and one for the lie). That would happen in the “real world” as well.

      The motto around this house is that you are responsible for you. Even the hubby gets tired of hearing that almost as much as “there is always an excuse.”

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