In our house, it's a battle over brushing teeth.
"Honey, did you brush your teeth?" I ask.
"Yes ..." she answers.
"Go brush your teeth, now," I say. Liar, I mumble under my breath. And off she goes.
We're also in a hitting/pinching/ sticking-tongue-out-at-little-sister phase.
"Mom, she hit me," says little sister.
"Did you hit her?" I ask.
"Nooooo! I didn't hit her," answers the older one.
"OK. Find something else to do, you guys," says me, the big ol' gullible mom.
But
there's good news! I'm not the only one. In fact, a new study shows
that adults are pretty good at sniffing out lies that are reports of
things that did not happen (unbrushed teeth, for example). But we're
total suckers when it comes to false denials (hitting sister but
claiming otherwise).
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