Lying to Children Flashcards
White Lie
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!
Distortion
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.
Societal Norm
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!
Malicious Intent
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.