Timeline for What do I do when I walk into a room with a broken item and both children shrug their shoulders and say "Wasn't me"?
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| Sep 7, 2018 at 12:50 | history | edited | Anne Daunted GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
minor spelling, age tag
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| Sep 23, 2015 at 4:12 | vote | accept | hawkeye | ||
| Sep 21, 2015 at 22:32 | comment | added | hawkeye | @LP could you expand on your point about lying being a normal developmental stage? Any references or terminology? | |
| Sep 21, 2015 at 12:23 | answer | added | the_lotus | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 21, 2015 at 5:52 | comment | added | Aquarius_Girl | @LOSTinNEWYORK Yes, If it were my parents, and I and my brother were the children responsible, my father would have "beaten" us with the vacuum cleaner and his own legs and slippers. But this response may not be acceptable in certain societies. | |
| Sep 21, 2015 at 2:27 | comment | added | LOSTinNEWYORK | @TheIndependentAquarius: Does culture and location have anything to do with an item being broke and 2 children not wanting to take blame? | |
| Sep 20, 2015 at 23:51 | answer | added | user3143 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 20, 2015 at 20:30 | comment | added | Necreaux | What motivation do they even have to admit to it with this technique? It seems like the punishment is the same whether they admit to it or not. | |
| Sep 20, 2015 at 3:51 | history | edited | hawkeye | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Explained ages and cultural context.
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| Sep 20, 2015 at 0:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackParenting/status/645394611322683392 | ||
| Sep 19, 2015 at 13:18 | answer | added | Erik | timeline score: 13 | |
| Sep 19, 2015 at 12:32 | comment | added | Acire | When it's obviously something that the kids have done but neither takes responsibility, I tend to give a lecture on how disappointed I am that nobody will take responsibility and everybody's going to have a penalty as a result. I'm not thrilled with the effectiveness of that, either. I look forward to hearing answers. | |
| Sep 19, 2015 at 6:42 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | I don't know the ages of your children (please do edit to add; it makes a difference), but it's possible that the younger child is imitating the older child's behavior. Also, in asking for the truth in a situation where telling the truth might earn the sibling an untoward consequence, the siblings might be protecting each other. How do you factor for that? | |
| Sep 19, 2015 at 4:55 | comment | added | L P | Lying is a normal developmental stage, but you can still start teaching them the importance of telling them the truth. | |
| Sep 19, 2015 at 4:19 | history | asked | hawkeye | CC BY-SA 3.0 |