Comments on The 3 R's Blog // Reading, 'Riting, and Randomness: The policy of truth; or, this is for posterity, so...

Mike - Yeah, lying is one of those things you real...

2008-05-07T19:23:00.000-07:00

Mike - Yeah, lying is one of those things you really don't want to see your kids get too good at.

I agree that there are times when it's just too complicated, especially with young kids, to tell "the whole truth and nothing but." As long as what we tell them is credible and won't be contradicted later when they learn the REAL story, I think some truth-stretching is probably OK then.

My 6 year-old is not a good liar at all. We'll see...

2008-05-07T18:31:00.000-07:00

My 6 year-old is not a good liar at all. We'll see if gets better. I hope not. :)

I will stretch the truth with the kids at times. Usually when it is something they aren't able to understand or I don't want to explain it yet. :)

JulieP - It seemed like the concept of the subject...

2008-05-07T10:35:00.000-07:00

JulieP - It seemed like the concept of the subjectivity of truth was explored by a few of the Hmm-ers. I think you gave a great topic to ponder, and I'm glad it's OK to be off schedule with my post about it! :-)

"It seems to me that it's belief that renders fact...

2008-05-07T08:59:00.000-07:00

"It seems to me that it's belief that renders facts into truth - and therefore, truth has elements of subjectivity. "

I think you're on to something with that, definitely.

Interesting exploration of this topic. I think I'll be thinking about this for a while.

Also, yes, yes, do as you can...I'm just glad that you do!