• If you mess up at work---Blame it on someone else
• Broke something at home---It wasn't me
• Late to an appointment---Traffic was terrible

Why do we lie? 
Why do we think it is ok to lie?  (Remember:  Thou shalt not lie)
Who taught us to lie?

We are trained (yes trained) from a very early age to lie.  Who trains us?  Our parents do.

Before a child is corrupted, when asked a question they will answer honestly. 

Example: 
"Little Johnny did you give the dog your dinner?" 

Little Johnny's response, "Yes mom!"

Moms response---WHACK ON THE BACKSIDE

What did Little Johnny learn from this experience?  When asked a direct question, do not tell the truth if you don't want to get  whacked.

The conditioning from childhood sticks with us into adulthood. 

If we mess up at work we lie.  Why?  So that we don't get the adult equivalent of the whack.

If we break something at home and our spouse asks if we know how it happened, we lie and say no.  Why?  So that we don't get whacked by our spouse.

If we are late for a doctors appointment, we volunteer the lie that it was not our fault, traffic was bad.  Really we left late and couldn't make it on time no matter the traffic.

All of these lies are ridiculous.

Maybe we can't stop lying to ourselves and each other but we can stop ourselves from teaching our children to lie.

Do them a favor and make the effort. 

Don't punish honesty.

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