[Daddaroo]

This is a joke,right?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Puts him or her on the fast track to the Democratic Nomination

[Right_Wing_Madman]

The child is an excellent candidate for New York Times staff.

[NutsOnYew]

The short answer is that they are smarter.

I thought the short answer is that their parents didn't teach them to value telling the truth.

Of course, the libs want this to be true because they are congenital liars, which just shows how much smarter they are than everyone else.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

How can we get our children to be honest? In general, carrots work better than sticks. Harsh punishments like spanking do little to deter lying, . . . . . In one study, Professor Lee and the developmental psychologist Victoria Talwar compared the truth-telling behaviors of West African preschoolers from two schools, one that employed highly punitive measures such as corporal punishment to discipline students and another that favored more tempered methods like verbal reprimands and trips to the principal’s office. Students at the harsher school were not only more likely to lie but also far better at it.

In other words, under the logic of this article, spanking your children makes them smarter.

[Linda Frances]

Only the left would praise liars. I would rather have a child with an average gpa and honest than a smart liar. These people are so blind to their own evil. This is part of their calling good evil and evil good. God have mercy on this country.

[Truthoverpower]

Sometimes lying is actually very good if it saves another’s feelings too sensitive or make them feel good for example oh that dress looks great on you when I supposed to say I know it’s fucking ugly (the truth )

That’s what I always say the truth hurts. If you’re doing wrong

Having fun despite nattering nabobs of negativism telling you not to it’s perfectly all right

[RedStateRocker]

I once gave a semi-satirical speech about the need to learn how to be good liar.

My point was that by studying how to lie and practicing it, you can greatly improve your ability to detect it.

[dgbrown]

I must be dumb as a post. Can’t lie if my life depended on it. Oh well at least my customer for the last 25 years appreciates it.

[dangus]

How noteworthy is it that NYT bypassed this altogether:
Children who don’t peek at the toy in the first place are actually the smartest of all, but they are a rarity.

So, it’s not those who lie who are smart; it’s those who are honest enough not to cheat. The ones falsely identified as smart by the NYT are those who cheat, but then aren’t so dumb as to not recognize that they are contradicting their behavior.

[Gene Eric]

Operating values for the NYT.

Once vetted, good material for a Trump Tweet.

[the_Watchman]

This thread reminds me of one of my favorite Mark Twain quotations:

“Always tell the truth, and you won’t have to remember anything.”

The quote came up during the Clinton presidency when people marvelled about how good a memory Bill had.

[right way right]

So says the Devil.

[pnz1]

Is this a joke? Sure sometimes my has lied (about the dumbest stuff, too) and he’s also been punished for it.

[onedoug]

What’s the nyt’s excuse?

[dfwgator]

The first lie: “Daddy, I was getting a cookie for you.”

[Lonely Bull]

Is Your Child Lying to You? That’s Good

Daddy, what an insightful article!

[BobL]

Last time the media said lying was good, it was just when Bill Clinton was about to be exposed.

This time they’re probably looking at what’s about to hit Deep State and are trying to provide cover.

[Responsibility2nd]

This is garbage.

But it reminds me of a comment made about Barack Obama. Dead on accurate.

Obama lies like a child lies. When he would be better served telling the truth - he still lies.

[Trillian]

This is made up because they lie daily on the news. They’re trying to make themselves look smart again and failing.