A mum has admitted she lies to her son every Friday about school as it makes it easier – while people tell her it’s wrong, she says it’s helped him go to school
Most children will have an issue at some point about going to school – but one mum has gone as far as to lie to her son about going as she says it makes him behave better.
Getting your child ready to start school can be hard for any parent, but one mum has admitted she gets her naughty son to go to school by lying to him about which days he has to go in.
She explained that her son has just started school and “hates” it, so she told him if he goes to school Monday to Friday – she won’t send him on Saturday and Sunday if he “behaves”.
The trick means he will happily go to school midweek as he knows he won’t have to go for two days if he behaves. The mum took to Reddit to admit she “lies to my son every Friday” but it’s worked. She wrote: “This is my four-year-old’s first school year and he is in Pre-K.
“He hates school so far and says it’s boring so I tell him that if he wakes up and goes to school without fighting me he can stay home two days out of the week,” she then said that she will “remind him” about the deal when he starts to misbehave, and added: “So he thinks I let him skip school on Saturday and Sunday because he’s well behaved.”
The admission has caused a mixed opinion from others, as some say she should tell him the truth, while others claim it’s “harmless”. One Reddit user wrote: “It’s a totally common practice to tell minor ‘lies’ like this to children around that age – mostly because it can be challenging for them to understand more abstract concepts because of where their brain is developmentally.
“He’ll figure it out in the next year or so, and he might be angry in the moment. But you’re not doing it to hurt him, when he grows up he’ll probably think it’s hilarious.”
While another said: “Yeah this one’s harmless and will be funny to look back on. But as your kid gets older I highly recommend avoiding lying altogether or at least as often as possible. And definitely not using lies manipulatively to get them to do what you want them to do. I just don’t think it’s in general a good parenting approach, but when the lies eventually come out it will only build resentment and hurt trust.”
However, others were against the idea altogether as one commented: “He’ll figure it out eventually. Probably best to stop sooner or later but if you want to keep it going just say they changed the rules.”
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