Children Who Lie More Likely to be Successful

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Research out of the Institute of Child Study at the University of Toronto suggests that an ability to lie effectively as a child points to later success in life. That’s right. Kids who lie do better in life than kids who don’t. This doesn’t mean you try to raise a sociopath, but it does mean that we as moms might think hard about the nuances of lying, and how we handle it when our kids do it.

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