[Howlin]

I'm honest to my children, and tell them the truth about life, in as much or as little detail as I as a parent find appropriate.

Then do the rest of us a favor and not try to appear morally superior to the rest of us.

And I'm betting you have lied to your children about something; no parent can make it to a child's 3rd birthday without a lie of some kind.

Critique away!

[Miss Marple]

I think I should send this thread to John Gibson. He can excerpt it in his next book.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

And I'm betting you have lied to your children about something; no parent can make it to a child's 3rd birthday without a lie [implied: on the part of the parent] of some kind.

The burden of proof in on your for that statement. I'd love to see you prove that.

Oh, by the way, if you didn't notice, you just intimated that all of the parents of children older than 3 on this thread are liars. (Presumably including yourself, if you have kids.)

And while I could be forgetting something, I honestly can't recall any occasion on which I've lied to one of my kids; and the oldest is almost a teenager. If that makes me "self-righteous" in your eyes, then so be it. It's the truth. I may have said, "I can't talk about this issue right now," but that is NOT the same as lying.

Truth matters in our family, which is why it's kind of a bit offensive when someone who doesn't even know us makes false charges of lying/ making others lie.

[safisoft]

Then do the rest of us a favor and not try to appear morally superior to the rest of us.

An ironic statement to see in print, isn't it? Circular logic?