what lies do you tell your children?

godblessourhome

do you tell them you have seen an alien race land on earth? do you tell them you are a werewolf? do you let them believe in the tooth fairy, the easter bunny, santa? do you make up answers when they ask something you don't know?

are your children better off for your lies? what was the most traumatic lie told to you by your parents?

voluptas63

My Dad used to tell me all the time he was a Doctor, Dentist... etc. He'd show me his drivers license and I'd totally believe it. It's how I'd let them rip off my bandaid or pull my tooth.

One of the best lies ever from my parents

McKayMachina

Interested to see these answers.

Too bad we can't talk religion.

XFitMojoMom

Chocolate and ice cream will make them die

SergeantSunshine_reused

My Dad used to tell me all the time he was a Doctor, Dentist... etc. He'd show me his drivers license and I'd totally believe it. It's how I'd let them rip off my bandaid or pull my tooth.

One of the best lies ever from my parents

Love this xD

My dad used to tell me that He could make the rain stop. When we would drive and it was pouring rain he would say "watch me make the rain stop!" then when we went under and overpass he would clap his hands. It blew my mind xD

PlanetVelma

I tell my daughter that the green flecks she sees in meatballs are "seasonings" - it's actually ground up spinach. Although she did catch me in a lie last week - I made the skinnytaste baked potato soup and my son and I were talking about it (he's 16) and he made the comment "You can't even tell there's cauliflower in it". WELL she was right in the middle of eating her soup and she stopped and glared at me. OOPS! LOL

sassylilmama

Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny. Come to think of it Halloween is about the only holiday w/o a lie.

lookitscaitlin

nothing traumatic but they said if I eat my crusts off my bread, my hair would go curly.. lol not sure if that helped or not.

ReneeHayes007

I tell my 3 year old son the usual carrots will make you fly, and vegies give you big muscles.
I've never seen him eat so many veggies!!

mindfulmunching

My Dad convinced my Sister that at age 13 we decided if we wanted to be little boys or little girls. My sister chose a girl and then poof she stayed one LOL. At age thirteen I was wholly convinced I had a pressing life choice to make.....My dad was way tooo believable about it LOL!!!:blushing:

NYCDutchess

Well, the obvious lies. Santa, toothfairy, that I have eyes in the back of my head and KNOW everything, which totally backfires when they ask me a silly question. I don't tell lies that I think could be hurtful in the future though...For the most part I'm honest about most other stuff.

babbityboo

My mum decided that trying to explain what a Civil Servant does is too complicated for children to understand, so she told me my Auntie worked in London, polishing the Queen's jewels.... I used to tell EVERYONE!!! (To this day I'm still not 100% sure what she did!)

Also my god father had a friend that looked like the spitting image of Jason Donovan, one day we were at his at a party and he introduced me to "Jason", I was made up. Then completely forgot about it, until a couple of years later, we were at another party. "Jason" recognised me, pointed me out and told all the other grown ups the story and everyone laughed at me Still, over 15 years later I've let it slide

xx

boomboom011

i told my 5 year old son yesterday, while he was whining and crying about not wanting to go get new shoes that he needed to be thankful there are shoes out there to buy cause when I was his age there werent shoes around.

P.S. as soon as we got home he told his big "Sisser" and she ratted me out. I told her snitches get stitches! (jk jk)

Gigi_licious

Oh my, where to begin with the lies that I tell my daughter....well, let's see...

1) The tooth fairy called me while I was at work, she said she's sorry she didn't make it last night, she didn't realized we moved so she'll be by tonight.

2) "Mommy, I know the tooth fairy isn't real. That money wasn't on my dresser this morning and now my tooth is gone and the money is there, I know it was you." Me: "Yes, it was me, ok. The tooth fairy said an unusually high number of kids are losing their teeth right now so she's having to call some parents and ask them to help her. I have the tooth and she's going to meet me tomorrow on my lunch break so I can give it to her."

3) "Mommy, are those animal heads on the wall dead animals?" Me: "No, the other half of their body is on the other side of the wall" Her: "Then why aren't they moving?" Me: "Because they're shy. They wait for everyone to leave then they walk around and get their food and water."

Need I go on?...Not sure yet how traumatized she is from them, she's only 10, ask me in another 10 years.

dls06

When they were small I would tell them "When they are outside if they curse the devil will reach up through the grown and pull them down to hell". They are all grown and laugh at me now.

FaithandFitness

My mom told us she was 29 (like all women). . . when she obviously wasn't, and I defended her to all the neighborhood kids. I also was told I was 51% Irish, and only 49 percent German. Otherwise, just the normal stuff. Oh, except my grandma . . .she had a big pair of Santa Pants. When we would return to her house after church she would go in the house first, and come out holding the pants . . .she would tell us she saw Santa and tried to grab him, but he got away and she was still holding his pants. We were mortified!

Elizabeth_C34

My grandparents insisted that Santa Claus was real until I was like 10. I woke up one Christmas Eve night to find my uncle dragging a huge garbage bag of stuff across the floor outside my door. He looked up at me and said, "oh *kitten*." That was the end of the lies about Santa.

jakejacobsen

I don't lie to my children no santa, no bunny, no toothfairy ect.

AnaNotBanana

When I was little my dad told me that raisins were dead flies. To this day I can't eat raisins. Thanks a lot dad....LOL.

Sarah101010

I have 4 kids and do not lie to them, ever. I don't lie to anyone actually. Treat others as you want to be treated, right?

dragonbait0126

I don't have kids but when I was a camp counselor we used to tell them all kinds of crap. Like the chocolate frosting the kitchen gaves us for s'mores was actually bat guano. That one was my favorite.

We also told them there was a lake monster and if they tumped their canoes without permission (especially with a younger kid in it) the lake monster would eat them. Oh, and the bottom of the pool was scratch and sniff. It smelled like strawberries. (I actually fell for that one as a kid at the same camp!)

california_peach

My dad told me that the bottoms of cat's paw were naturally protected against lightening strikes. I believed that one until I was 24. My mom did not believe in Santa or things like that so we never did those things.

I lie to my chidren about Santa, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. And that sweaters go with sweat pants.

deeharley

I tell my oldest son he'd better behave or he'll end up like his older brother.

pnieuw

I'd prefer to not think of Santa as a lie, but rather the embodiment of the spirit of Christmas. While I fully appreciate the true meaning of Christmas, I think that Santa brings a bit of magic and mystery to the idea of gifts for little ones.

FearAnLoathing

Mine would have to do with religion so I cant talk about it

Contrarian

I told my friend's daughter that prunes were giant raisins.

juliecat1

That chuck e cheeses is always closed. They have the strangest hours! :bigsmile:
Totally made monster spray and a magical monster sword that I said I got from a wizard. that worked like a charm!
I always say.... Trust me, let me, etc....Im a nurse. which is technically true but I dont work as one now.

Sublimely_Self_Righteousreused

I told two little kids that I know that if they don't clean their room, the "Scaries" will hide under their things and come out at night. They have clean rooms a lot now.

Schwiggs

"I'm not your father."

anubis609

My future children will believe in every conspiracy theory I tell them.

The greatest lie told to me was that they have no favorite child.

Iamfit4life

That the Easter bunny would flush all their easter candy down the toilet if they were bad


I also did nothing to convince them that the stuffed tiger they think is real, is fake.
In fact I used this to my advantage.