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Well it seems my DS#1 has learned how to lie. I ask him a simple question, knowing the answer and he lies about it. He turns the tv off, comes to me to turn it back on. I say why did you turn it off. He says I didn't turn it off. I know darn well he did. I ask him to go potty, he says he already did. I know he didn't. This weekend I was putting away some Christmas stuff. I told him not to touch it. I was in the kitchen and heard a crash. It was on the floor broken. He says over and over again that he didn't touch it. I know he did! We don't have ghosts in our house! He is doing more and more of this. I don't know the best way to handle it. I have tried telling him that it isn't good to lie. But I don't think he understands that. I need help. I don't want him thinking this is ok. Any suggestions??

 I don't have any suggestions, but my boys are around the same age, and they've just started experimenting with lying recently.  With us it's when one hurts the other and I ask what happened.  For the longest time, the culprit would admit it right away, but lately he's started saying things like 'I didn't really hurt him!'. 

I wish I had good advice! My boys always blame eachother. Maybe there is some one with a good answer cuz I'd love to hear it!

my ds2 is also lying and i have no idea what to do about it i guess it is just the age.

Be happy about it. I saw on a  documentary about child development that all children lie (they did a blind test with kids age 3-5 and a toy they weren't supposed to look at), and if they don't, you should be concerned that  they're not on par mentally. Annoying as it may be, it's an integral part of the bizarre human working so... congrats on your normal son!

 My ds 1 is shocking at the moment and just keeps on lying. Yesterday i asked him who undid the seat buckle on my DS2's baby seat and he said that he didn't do it. I was like ok well you know i dont like lies. He was adament that he hadn't done it whe i asked him who did it he said that I had done it. I was fuming i am so sick of the lying and that it is wrong. The thing i have noticed is that all the DS's that are lying here are born in 06 i gues it's just those terrible 3's 

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I wish I had good advice! My boys always blame eachother. Maybe there is some one with a good answer cuz I'd love to hear it!

I agree with this and the age. My middle boys will blame my youngest..my oldest will blame everyone, it just happens. My oldest will now say,' I was only kidding' ..I say, 'no, that was not a joke, that was a lie'..trying to show him the difference. He will fess up a lot of times though as well. The others..it is just so difficult at times! I wish I had some advice, really.

Yep, it looks like all of us with 3 years olds are having this problem. I get weekly emails from Babycenter.com. They tell you what your baby/child should be doing now. Funny though, I got an email last week and the topic was lying. They said you will see your 3 yr old start to tell lies. They don't understand what they are doing. And in their mind, they don't see it as lying because they have convinced themselves that what they want to be true really is true. But what I couldn't figure out is how parents are supposed to deal with it. It is great if that means my child is normal, but I want to know the best way to handle it. Should I be making a big deal about it or should I just blow if off for now? I definitely don't want my child to think lying is ok. Would still love to hear what some of you did with your child.