Why do kids lie, and is it normal?
- Written by Penny Van Bergen, Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University
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Children typically begin lying in the preschool years, between two and four years of age. These intentional attempts at deception may worry parents, who fear their child will become a pint-sized social deviant.
But from a developmental perspective, lying in young children is rarely cause for...