The major reason children lie is to escape punishment. The chances are the more a parent or a teacher is harsh, aggressive, or punitive, the more motivated children are to make up a story to protect themselves from punishment.
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While there are certain social graces or politeness which involve not hurting another's feelings if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all it is very confusing to children. The whole issue of honesty can be very frustrating for parents to teach.
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I don't believe that children are born with empathy. It is something they learn by seeing it modeled by others.
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