In grade school, it starts with kids making up wild stories while keeping their fingers crossed behind their backs. But as time goes on, many teens fall into a deeper pattern of lying, cheating, and intertwining the truth with fiction.

Kids lie for the same reasons as adults, to lift themselves up, to get ahead, or to protect themselves and avoid consequences. What they rarely realize is that this short-term solution, often leads to long-term problems.

So if lying has become a way of life for your teen, don’t think it’ll just go away over time. Mom, Dad, confront fibbing while you still can! Don’t let them get away with bending the truth. Otherwise, you may be dealing with even bigger issues in the years to come.

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