2yr old lies

meganjoey0728 · October 2013

My son will be 2 next month and in the last month or so has begun to lie to us. For example, yesterday I came downstairs to him whining/ crying and asked what was wrong (I had heard from upstairs that daddy wouldn't let him watch Dora) and he told me, "daddy push me." I Typically he says this same thing, "daddy push me" every time he doesn't get his way or wants me, not my husband to be with him. I am teacher so am home a lot more with DS then my husband is. Should I have my husband deal with it and stay out to show my son daddy is also in charge? Do time-outs? Help!

Soap1 · October 2013

DS2 says lies like that too. He'll blame DS1 or a random friend at school any time he gets hurt. I usually just remind him that no, DS1 didn't bite you, you fell on the floor.

Your son is so young, he isn't lying to be malicious. He's just learning about the world and (as bad as it sounds) how he can manipulate others. I'd just remind him of the actual truth and move on.

BelhurstBride · October 2013

Meh, he's so little that it's possible in his minds eye your DH did push him. He's upset about whatever, but doesn't know how to communicate it so he equates it to something else upsetting. Does that make sense?

Either way I wouldn't make a big deal about it.

meganjoey0728 · October 2013

BelhurstBride said:

Meh, he's so little that it's possible in his minds eye your DH did push him. He's upset about whatever, but doesn't know how to communicate it so he equates it to something else upsetting. Does that make sense?

Either way I wouldn't make a big deal about it.

Thank you, that makes perfect sense! Hopefully this will make my husband feel better too!

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