Habitual lying

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Registered: 02-14-2007
Habitual lying
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Fri, 01-11-2008 - 8:04am

As I've mentioned elsewhere, my 13 yo DS is a habitual liar. For years, he has lied or exaggerated or embellished about anything and everything. Sometimes, there is no apparent reason for it. Sometimes, he's trying to avoid getting himself in trouble.


Last night, we had a mini-crisis over this. He has been making some progress towards getting more organized w/ his schoolwork this year (he's in 8th grade). He wanted to go on the computer last night, so I said his homework had to be done first. At first, he said he had none, but I checked his teachers' websites and --

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Registered: 02-25-2002
Sat, 01-12-2008 - 7:48am
And is it not the most annoying thing? DH simply shrugs it off. For me, its beyond irritating, and I am thankful this person lives in another state.

 

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