Kids rely on their parents to make sense of the chaotic and unforgiving world. They need unconditional love to build self-worth and boundaries to feel safe. More than anything else, kids need to know ...

Some parents lied about children having COVID-19, a study says. Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash Some parents have admitted they weren’t honest about whether their child had COVID-19 and allowed them to ...

From telling tales about Santa Claus or the tooth fairy, to disciplining through lies (“If you don’t eat your vegetables, you won’t grow any taller”), to lying to protect a child’s feelings (your ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Parents lie to kids about a lot of things. For instance, my dad told me he put cinnamon on my hamburgers ...

Over the last 20 years, I've been studying why and when adolescents lie to their parents. We've studied youth on four continents. Some findings are pretty obvious: Almost all kids report lying to ...

No one likes a hypocrite. There is little that is more annoying than the old “do as I say, not as I do.” It doesn’t really matter whether the actor is our parent, a spouse or a government, claiming ...

Some parents have admitted they weren’t honest about whether their child had COVID-19 and allowed them to break quarantine guidelines in place at the time, a new study said. While the U.S. parents ...