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Parent shares child's audacious 'my brother did it' lie

Original: There's a lot of audacious lies out there but I think one of the boldest I've ever heard was told to me in person this w

A parent is recounting one of the boldest lies they have ever been told: their young child insisted, with a straight face, that 'my little brother peed my pants' — despite the parent knowing full well otherwise. The anecdote is being shared as a lighthearted example of the creative deflections children come up with to avoid blame.

Why now: Parents are amused by the classic, transparent blame-shifting excuses young children invent when caught in mishaps.

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• There's a lot of audacious lies out there but I think one of the boldest I've ever heard was told to me in person this week, with a straight face, from a small person who nonetheless, knows I know better: paraphrasing, it goes: "My little brother peed my pants." # parenting · cassey@ottawa.place · 2

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