Lying at this age is like saying no to everything - an exercise in autonomy and drawing a boundary between me and not-me. She's developing a Theory of Mind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of…
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At 4/5 years old? Your mom was an asshole.
Yes - she is right at the age where most children begin to lie. It's very common and does not come from a place of deception, because she is still learning the implications of it. It is a step in their development to learn how to conceive of an alternate reality and the details that would make that reality feasible. 3…
So I am watching this with the sound off (in special collections right now) and the ovaries that I don't have and never had and never will have have just exploded because of the cuteness! I can only imagine what will happen when I get home and apply sound! Balls GONE!
First... I applaud this mom for her patience. Second, that little girl is going to be all kinds of successful in life.
Me, too. She's so calm and so patient. I'm also impressed that the little girl picks up the stuff at the end, like her mother tells her to.
I can just imagine. This is why we need real health education, including developmental psychology in high schools.
That is exactly what I was thinking! Shove it all in your mouth - what donut? There's no donut here?
They say kids learning to lie at this age is a necessary step in cognitive development. It signals higher thought processes and their intent is not really to deceive but to tell a story how they see it in their heads.
Studies show that if your child can lie at an early age, they are likely to be very intelligent. So at least there's that.
oh why did you go down that depressing ass rabbit hole!
#notsurprising
The comments on this adorable video were horrifying on yahoo. Everything from she's a bad mom to "why didn't she spank her?"
Eat the evidence, Tiffany!
The kid's cute but I am even more in awe of this mom's parenting skills!
Why is no one talking about Miles? Where was Miles? Why hasn't Miles agreed to testify? What is he hiding? Did Daddy set this whole thing up?!
"Ask him!" Miles knows what he did.
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Super cute kid and you can tell she's a good Mom, but is this the best way to handle the situation?