August 19, 2009

Lies and Damned Lies

Last year a post by a dad about the lies he told his three year old sparked a lively thread on metafilter about the lies parents tell, the lies we cherish and the morality of lying to kids. The kid is now four and the dad has posted a new round of lies. I wish my parents had told me more lies like this when I was a 4.

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  1. Coop on August 19th, 2009 at 10:37 am

    The mole men!

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  3. range on August 19th, 2009 at 11:23 am

    71 flavors of snow, but only 63 of water!!!

  4. Wake_Up on August 19th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    I wish my parents told me these lies.

    I wish I told my son more of these lies when he was young.

    I recently read Joseph Campbell’s book “Pathways to Bliss.”

    The quality of these lies reminds me of his description of the many roles mythology plays in our life.

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