This week my question is;
What should be the first thing a child be taught?
This question is asked from a societal point of view. Any child, not necessarily yours needs to be taught a few basic things before they are let loose in the world.
One of the things I adamantly taught my kids was to be honest. I also did this with kids I taught. I would always say that yes, if you screwed up there would be consequences, but if you screwed up then lied about it on top of that, then I’d be mad. For the most part, I believe my kids were generally honest with me.
Stine Writing 
This is indeed very important to teach kids to be honest. Thanks for sharing your experience Christine
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Honesty is an important virtue!
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Good point Christine. To screw up is acceptable to a degree, but then lie about it is not.
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Excellent, Christine. Once a liar, always a liar. It’s just the nature of the beast. I know people who lie when the truth is easier and would serve them better. It’s ingrained in their DNA and they cannot help themselves.
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I will never forget the time, probably second grade or around then, when I was walking to the busstop on a rainy day. Back then it was quite the long walk, not just the end of the driveway. Anyhow, I had my umbrella so I stopped at my friends house to see if she wanted to walk under my umbrella. Well, she told me to come in, that her dad was giving her a ride, and I should wait while she asked if I could have a ride too. So there I am in the hallway and she runs up to ask her dad and I hear him say that I’m a liar, that I only stopped because I knew she was getting a ride and I wanted a ride too. Well, this moment is ingrained in my memory because I remember standing there devastated. I wasn’t lying. I wasn’t a liar. Obviously, this impacted me a lot.
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What a horrible thing for someone to say but especially for an adult to say about a child within earshot of the child. There must have been something psychologically wrong with that man or he was a big bully. Why he would think you were angling for a ride is ridiculous and it’s awful that has stuck with you this long. Shame on him!
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The saddest part is I can still feel myself in that spot, hearing it…It really impacted my life.
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I’m sure it did, Christine. I wonder if that man would feel sorry today if he knew how bad he made you feel.
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My parents taught me the same way.
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