Bullies Quote by Lori Lightfoot

Adults lie to themselves all the time about what is acceptable, but kids know what is right and wrong.

— Sarah Pinborough

“Everything has become too easy for our young people, and we make things worse by lying to them. We don't help them face reality.…

— Rafe Esquith

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

— Scott Meyer

“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

Adults are constantly telling teenagers that it's what's on the inside that matters. It's always painful to find out that adults have lied to…

— Janette Rallison

“When you've grown up mis-educated, surrounded by fear and hate, unaware of your privilege, lies can sound like the truth.”

— DaShanne Stokes

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

— William Feather

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

— Patricia Dsouza

“There are people who say that children don't behave the way adults tell them to, but the way they see adults behave. Perhaps that's…

— Fredrik Backman

“Adults, in their dealing with children, are insane," he [Ed Ricketts] said. "And children know it too. Adults lay down rules they would not…

— John Steinbeck

“What is a lie? It's a distortion of reality, presented as reality. We say it's a bad thing. We teach kids not to lie.…

— James Patterson