Children Quote by Betty Smith

“The child turns up still trusting these lies to be the truth.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“The child will grow up and find out things for herself. She will know that I lied. She will be disappointed." "That is what…

— Betty Smith

“Children are naive, they don’t possess enough skills to be able to recognize the balance between the truth and a lie.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“Young children often lie about their world, knowing instinctively that its truth is something adults no longer understand.”

— Peter Maughan

“Parents often fail to address early childhood lying, since the lying is almost innocent—their child’s too young to know what lies are, or that…

— Po Bronson

“The way in which the child is manipulated pulls them into considering the lies.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“Give your children big truths they will grow into rather than light explanations they will grow out of.”

— Tedd Tripp

“Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Everybody lies to children, even their parents. The day a child realizes that is the day they start becoming an adult.”

— Scott Meyer

“That is what is called learning the truth. It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all…

— Betty Smith

“It is good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good…

— Betty Smith

One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences.

— Anonymous