I admit, I wasn't very well prepared for this one, so it was more of a quick discussion and it was a testament to me at how much better the kids pay attention when I have some kind of visual aid or have prepared better.
We just asked the kids if they knew what honesty, lies, and truth meant. (and helped them if they didn't.) We asked them to think about what might happen if you are dishonest- giving specific examples like daddy would lose his job if he wasn't honestly doing his work; we would lose our house if he told us he was paying the mortgage, but didn't really.
We also talked about how when you are dishonest, people will not trust you or what you say. For example, if we didn't trust what my son said, we might make him do a chore twice because we wouldn't believe that he did it when he said he did. Or, we might not give him a treat because we thought he took one already, even if he didn't (and said he didn't).
Finally, we mentioned that it's not always easy to be honest, especially when it might get you in trouble and I pointed out that I was proud of my 4-year-old son for telling me that he hurt his sister earlier that day, even though it might have been easier to say he didn't make her cry.
I would like to revisit this topic- I'm sure there is a better way to present it to young children. I just found this link, and that looks pretty fun AND even Halloween appropriate :)
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