Lying to Children

Question 1

White Lie

Answer 1

A white lie is just distortion of the truth without malicious intent, I think it’s sth that we do.

A white lie, like when I say to You: You look nice today!

Question 2

Distortion

Answer 2

Distortion here means a changing or bending of the truth.

A distortion of the car chassis resulting from collision.
A distortion of the facts.

When You were a child did you have a pet?
Yes, we had a few. My favorite was a little fluffy hamster.
And what happened to Your hamster?
Well one day I got home from school & he wasn’t in his cage. I was worried for a bit in case he’d escaped or got hurt,but it was alright.
My mother told me that he had gone to live on a farm so that he could run around with other animals.

Question 3

Societal Norm

Answer 3

The adj. societal comes from the noun society.
Sth that is norm is sth that is expected, it’s regular & casual.
Societal norm is sth that is regular & common in Your culture or society.

It’s almost societal norm that it’s become where it is acceptable that we do tell certain lies @ certain times!

Question 4

Malicious Intent

Answer 4

Intent is the reason or purpose for doing sth.
Malicious is an adj. which means cruel or nasty.

I think You have a malicious intent.
She didn’t do it with malicious intent.

There are also a couple of other reasons.
1-Being the parent’s convenience, like parks are closed certain days.
2-There are cultural lies that parents tell children, like Father Christmas & Tooth Fairy.
What percentage of people will lie in a typical ten minute conversation?
60%
Really! goddness. That’s more than I expected.