An Expert In Education Claimed? Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

An expert in education claimed
children three or four do not lie
“it is impossible for them to lie”
what say you on this parents? ? ?

His wife a teacher claimed? ? ?
originally... children do not lie
husband claimed little children
can only repeat taught phrases?

But this is not what I believe?

I did training in teaching also
a New Zealand postgraduate
course Diploma Of Teaching.
In professional studies “fable

children do not lie” we were not
taught; extensively before first
teaching section we studied child
learning development psychology.

But let us consult the real experts
make sure of all things as trained.
I had to read study develop skills.
Lawrence Kutner Ph.D states in

‘Insights for Parents: Why children Lie’
that “Lying is a skill all children learn.”
“While all children lie, some do it much
more than others.” Lawrence discussed

“the underlying issue of inappropriate
expectations of what a normal five-
year-old could do. But psychologists
say what about lying behaviour in an

even younger child? Is it actually possible?
John M. Grohol, PsyD (Founder & Editor
-in-Chief) of World of Psychology
published “a well-written, in-depth article”

about this very topic. So what did John say?
John’s ‘New York Magazine article “about
why kids lie” is not surprising to any parent.

“So how does it start and do kids just grow
out of it? ” “It starts as early as 2 or 3 – the
more intelligent the child, the earlier (and

better!) the liar. Wow husband expert said
this is impossible. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
So intelligent child, create fantasy, with an
active imagination, lie early, slow learners

will follow a few years later quite normally.
Children learn by modeling from behavior
in their environment including television. So

good teachers are trained to minimize ignore.
“A school doesn’t just teach facts and dates
and grammar, it teaches how to socially

interact with others in an appropriate manner.”

In conclusion John continues “Unless you’re
prepared to become hyperaware and
hypersensitive to your environment and

interactions with others, it’s just a normal,

everyday occurrence we all take for granted.
There’s no getting around it.” So Parents
relax because mixed up in managing behavior

problems, early social skills, developmental

delays; is an issue many call “the terrible twos”.
Topic lying in toddlers and young children is
just one more of many skills parents pick up.


Quotations taken were from Lawrence Kutner Ph.D, ‘Insights for Parents: Why children Lie’. John M. Grohol, PsyD (founder & Editor-in-Chief) of World of Psychology.
Copyright © Terence George Craddock