Why Kids Lie and What Dads Can Do About It
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2019
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
We usually interview an alliance member on Thursday Throwdown, but this week's going to be a little different. This is about being a human and fallible dad in the midst of some challenges with my 11-year-old son. He's been caught in a few lies lately, and that's the type of behavior a dad wants to get in front of right away.
Why do kids lie and what can dads do about it? How do we punish them without making them feel as if we only exist to make their lives miserable? How can we make our kids understand how difficult it is to be a parent? You'll find out my personal experience in this episode.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads with an edge. |
| 0:10.0 | We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:29.2 | Hey, what's going on guys? |
| 0:29.3 | Hey, what's going on guys? Welcome to Thursday Throwdown. |
| 0:32.3 | I'm Larry Hagner. I'm your host and founder of the |
| 0:34.6 | Dad Edge podcast, formerly known as the Good Dad Project podcast. Everything that |
| 0:40.3 | you want to go looking for that we do you can still find it good |
| 0:44.5 | that project.com we haven't changed that we've got the podcast we've got ebooks we've got |
| 0:49.7 | all kinds of things over there for you guys. But the purpose of today's show, if you've listened to Thursday |
| 0:56.3 | Thoredown and the show for quite some time, you're probably used to me interviewing one of our |
| 1:01.8 | Alliance members on Thursday throw down. |
| 1:04.0 | Well today that's not the case. Today's show is going to be quick, it's just going to be |
| 1:08.0 | me, but I want to quickly share a story with you that I think might really resonate with the audience, with the community, |
| 1:17.2 | and just bring the human side back to fatherhood. And so just to kind of give you guys some background. I've been dealing with some things, some challenges |
| 1:28.4 | with my 11 year old lately. And just as kids do, you know, we've caught him in a couple like little lies here and there, |
| 1:35.0 | you know, lying about like, oh, he said he brushed his teeth, he didn't, you know, he lied about little tiny lies here and there. |
| 1:42.0 | And so we wanted, that type of behavior man we want to get in front of really quick which is the lying thing |
| 1:48.6 | Also we've noticed just some things that he's been doing at night. He'll sneak out of his room and jump on the iPad. So, kind of on us, right, for not locking that iPad away at night. |
| 2:02.9 | So, you know, that part's on us, however, he knows better. |
| 2:07.7 | So he was caught doing this and he lied about that as well. |
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