Right. And here is where all the magic happens and all the teaching happens and all the learning for ourselves happens and for them and that level of comfort and intimacy grows. It's this question. I'm curious. Why did you feel like you needed to lie to me about that? Why did you feel like you needed to lie to me about that?

And then you listen.

You listen without judgment.

You listen without getting defensive.

You listen without explaining yourself and without justifying yourself.

You just listen.

Maybe you even try to see it from their side and you try to empathize with them because they're giving you such valuable insight in that moment.

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What's up, Mamas? Welcome to Motherhead Monday.

I'm your host, Michelle Grocer, and I am so grateful that you're

joining me here today. We are going to spend some time talking about what we can do to encourage

honesty in our kids. So before we get into the tips and the tricks and the things to consider,

I just want to start by acknowledging how common it is for our kids to tell lies. It just is, right? It's not this big

moral failure that we need to freak out about. It's not a judgment or necessarily a reflection of our own parenting

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