My three-year-old has started lying about little things like whether she brushed her teeth and I know it's developmental but it still shocks me every time.
More people experience this than they realize.
A parent witnesses the birth of deception in their child and struggles with the loss of innocence while understanding it as cognitive growth.
“Where Are You with Early childhood 3-6 — play language boundaries?”
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