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Politics : FREE AMERICA
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To: epicure who wrote (14702)7/5/2007 2:49:20 AM
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Interesting. I haven't thought about it much but I tend to consider childhood as an age of innocence. Small children are often not capable of separating facts from fairy tale. They are as likely to make things up just to practice conversation as they are to give a truthful accounting of events. I lean toward dismissing children's lies as an immature way to practice conversation and in attempting to gain control by manipulating their circumstance from a weak position.

At some point between childhood and adolescence they do gain a mature understanding of the harm that comes with deceit. I doubt they intend harm to others or understand the responsibility of deceit prior to that. Our guidance, IMO, should be in teaching them to deal with their circumstance in a decent and honest manner, rather than encouraging deceit or attempting to tool them up with a more sophisticated system of deceit. The former builds trusting relationships and confidence, the latter contributes to societal psychosis.
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