When (and Why) Kids Are So Brutally Honest

Why is it that kids are so darn honest? Turns out the "filter" that the rest of us try to apply to our everyday interactions just doesn't exist in our young ones. Their little brains aren't capable of fabricating lies like older kids and adults. And, as we all know, the constant honesty of little kids is a double-edged sword.

Listeners wrote in with some of the most ruthless truths their toddlers have voiced, and man oh man, kids really can be frank!

In this episode, Molly and Blaire discuss:

How little toddler brains are wired for truth

How to model honesty for kids

'Good and bad' versus 'truth and lies'

Here are some of the resources mentioned in today's episode:

Lizzy Francis for Fatherly: "How to Raise an Honest Kid (But Not a Narc)"

Brook Bolen for Vice: "Behind the Brutal Honesty of Drunks and Toddlers"

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