Does your child lie about everything? Does he make you doubt your own sanity?
He is standing there with the cookie in his hand and telling you he didn't take a cookie.
Well, here's a fun and effective way to counter that.

Buy chocolate ice cream and vanilla ice cream. Ask him which one he would like. If he says chocolate, give him vanilla. If he complains say, "I know that you always lie, so I knew you meant vanilla."
Ask him which show he wants to watch on tv, then watch the other show. Again, "I thought you really meant this one, because you always lie."
Are you getting the idea? Ask him if he wants to stay up later. Then send him to bed because you know he is lying. He really wants to sleep.

 

Play the
LYING GAME

The rules are simple:

Everything your child says,
you assume he is lying.
Do the opposite!

Be prepared for tears and tantrums, just keep smiling and saying how sorry you are that you never know when he is telling the truth. Then tell him that maybe tomorrow you will be able to believe him. Remind him that you feel frustrated and want to cry when he lies to you.

The next day, remind him how hard it was to know when he was telling the truth. Today, you will believe what he says and you hope he will remember to tell the truth all day. Then, set up similar situations: do you want a chocolate cookie or an apple? And give him the one he says.