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Originally Posted by OneHungLo
Well, at least it taught you that if you acted like a little shithead you weren't gettin any presents. Lie or not, pretty good life lesson if you ask me.
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Yes but you can teach the same life lesson without lying to the child.
However this is incredibly deeply ingrained.
I lie to my children in this way all the time. It was the way I was brought up and I perpetuate this nonsense.
So when someone like Dawkins suggests we might like to actually take a look at our behavour he is attacked from all sides.
It does not mean he is not right though.
