Over time, my kids have gone from being truthful children to being kids that tell an occasional fib to avoid being disciplined. Well, I am not one to entertain lying, so anytime anyone lies, they get into serious trouble and that has discouraged them, especially TE and TK, from saying anything other than the truth and the whole truth.
Well, I thank God that they have learned the benefits of telling the truth but, sometimes it is very funny, you know. For TE, if you ask her a simple question, she goes into a treatise on everything. So, I have learned not to tell her anything that I don't want the world to know. I have heard of couples who have spoken badly abut others, only to have their young children repeat the sentiment in public. I cannot imagine the embarrassment but I know I never want to be in that situation. God forbid bad thing.
But, recently, TK made us laugh so hard in his quest to always tell the truth. He told the truth about a situation and it was just too funny. When asked by an aunty if he had been a good boy, my son bold facedly replied,"No!"
!!!!!!!
All I could do was laugh! The boy was telling the truth, sha. That day, he had led his baby brother, Bomboy, to scatter tissue paper all over the play room. Plus, they had put my hair combs and brushes in the toilet to see if they could float!
His aunty was laughing again and repeated her question,
Aunty: "TK, dear, have you been a good boy today?"
TK: "I said no, Aunty! I was not a good boy."
Aunty: "Why, TK? What hgappened?"
TK: "I was naughty. Mommy beat me" (lol!!!! I am not a child abuser oh!)
Aunty: "OK, TK, next time if you are a good boy, mommy won't spank you, ok"
TK: "Mmm hm"
The boy was telling the truth and although it was funny, I was thankful that the guy is learning to tell the truth. Maybe he is becoming a big boy after all. And now that Obama is President, maybe my sons and/or daughter could achieve the same feat. Ah, let me get that out of my head, their father has already said he hopes they didn't get my passion for politics. He can only handle one passionate political junky and wants his kids to do something they like that will make them lots of money. Na wa oh!
Anyway, tell me what kind of trouble you got into for lying. I can't wait to hear it.
Have a great week!
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its a lie i am first!!! yippeee
NO I wont agree. aloyed beat me to it.
Isn't TK cute. :)
do u want lying as a child or as a adult..let me go and think...
@luscriousron..haba because i beat u to it u are calling me aloyed ;)
I won I won!!! hehe
Finally I have wanted to leave comments on the older posts but somehow blogger just goes crazy. Second on this is not bad but aloted I am mad how could you?
Off to read.
Aloted sorry it was in a bid to be second.
Kids are funny that way.
There was a story I read where the child's toothbrush fell into the toilet in the mother's presence, she picked it and threw it away. The child remembering the truth lesson given earlier by the mother said, 'I guess we should throw this away too holding up the mum's toothbrush, it fell in the toilet 2 days ago and I put it back'
no worries luscriousron..i guessed as much..
seems we are ruling this joint!
that is so funny..lol..kai dirty tooth brush ..gross!
am 7th and PROUD!!
my most memorable lies are:
mum: "did you go out today"
bumight & co; "no"
my little sister always ratted us out though! lil rat!
same as bumight..lol! why were we always so restructed from playing outside again?
Truth did not set me free as a kid o. If an adult tells a lie, I will go " no that was not how it happened..." I was beating up a lot for that. why do Adult lie and they want kids to be up right?
Thank God is not the case for you SSD. U really want your kids to tell the truth. Awesome!
awww how cute of TK!!!LOL
Mum : Shona how did you break your arm?
Shona: I fell down
Mum: Fell down from the sky??No, from the trees, you were climbing the guava tree again werent you?
Shona: No mummy, i wasnt up the tree!
Mum: So you just tripped and fell?Dont you think of lying to me, coz you'll have both arms in a plaster!
Shona: If i tell you how i fell, promise you wont beat me.
Mum: Promise what!How did you fall down?
Shona (running as fast as her feet can take her) I fell from the peach tree, but you only said I should go up the guava tree..
LMAO...I only got my ears pinched coz my arm was in a plaster and that was punishment enuff i guess..lol..
This is SOOOOO cute!!!! :) I can only 'awwww...' lol 'wicked mommy' (I kid!)
LOL @ Shonav.
I honestly cant think of anything now :( but i being deprived of affection for a bit anytime i got into trouble with my mom ...she would treat the rest except me :( lol
This is SOOOOO cute!!!! :) I can only 'awwww...' lol 'wicked mommy' (I kid!)
LOL @ Shonav.
I honestly cant think of anything now :( but i being deprived of affection for a bit anytime i got into trouble with my mom ...she would treat the rest except me :( lol
aww......... yea ur right, be careful what u say in front of them tho..........
cant even remember what i got into trouble for but i used to fib too cuz my mum is a school principal and she had different sizes of cane when we were growing up
You know, when my son was 4ish, he ALWAYS told the truth. I went to Wal-Mart once to return a TV I'd just bought, that happened to start shooting sparks, and I told him "DO NOT SAY ANYTHING! I will do all the talking."
Of course, he said "And then the TV started shooting sparks!"
It worked out well, I got to exchange the TV.
But now that he's almost 13, I believe 1 out of every 10 words he says. My "Honest Abe" is gone & replace with a "Typical Teenage". :-(
awwww, that's so cute! Me, not so much. I used to be a compulsive liar growing up. Example.
I had put my dad's equal in a cup of tea...
Nefertiti's Sister (NS): Nerf, your tea is kinda sweet. I thought there was no sugar at home. Where did you find sugar?
Me: Me? I didn't put sugar o, it's milk. I put plenty milk.
NS: Milk ke? Ne-fer-ti -ti! Milk cannot make this tea sweet like that.
Me: I said I put only milk...
Anyways, father comes and sets another mug in front of me, asking me to repeat the preparation. I emptied the whole can of condensed peak milk into this tea o, e no gree sweet. After tasting, my father asks me again, and I still stuck to my guns. He beat the devil out of me that day. My eyes were swollen when I got back to school (Boarding skull) My guardian beat me on top of that again after he found out what I did... oloshious fellow... sorry for the rant;-)
That's just the cutest thing.
- I used to get in trouble for telling the truth when I was thought to be lying.
Sadly I can't recall a funny story.
Hugs to the little ones!
@Nefertiti - pele o jare. Here is a hug!
@ Aunty SS - you have fabulous kids and I am sure that they will excel at whatever they choose to do, afterall they have such a great and successful Mother. I was such a little tyrant. I spoke the truth and nothing but the truth and believe me I got into so much trouble and I am still getting into trouble. Imagine me informing my mother that "I thought we didnt have much money (she refused to buy me sweets) how then are you able to afford this new keyholder guinea outfit" hmmm. If you see the slap that she gave me, ehn wonsers shall never end. Now, I am still honest and i am still getting in trouble. oh well c'est ma vie.
lol. That's funny. Can't remember any stories right now though.
Lol!
TK is definitely on the road to being a honest gentleman.
babes, u dont wanna hear the troubles I have gotten into for lying as a kid. Plenty,lol!
@ Aloted & LusciousRon: lol!!! You guys are too funny!
@ Aloted: Oya, come and confess. Tell us about the biggest lie you told as an adult. I'm waiting...
@ LusciousRon: OMG!!!! That story about the kid and the dirty toothbrush is hilarious!
@ QMoney: Babe, how far?
@ Bumight: hahaha,so your sister got you guys into trouble, eh? lol! Too funny. How body?
@ Toluwa: I wonder why myself. I know a lot of people who just were never allowed to play outside. I was allowed, but I had a neighbor that would always tell me to play indoors so I don't get dark....
@ Aunty Standtall: "why do Adult lie and they want kids to be up right?"
That is such a good question. Sorry you used to get into trouble for telling the truth. I was told a caller my mom told me to tell him she wasn't home to talk to him on the phone. Mehn, the yawa I entered eh....
@ Shonavixen: lmao!!!!!! You were a cheeky little one, not so? lol!
@ misslove: nice to see you around these parts. So, everyone else would get a treat when you got into trouble huh? You poor thing. I'm sure my kids wish it was like that for them. Unfortunately when one gets in to trouble, they all get punished! lol!
@ Funms: omo principal!!!! Mehn, sorry oh! And this one that she had different size koboko as well! Kai!!!!
lol!
@ Angelika: Yup, so much for the honest Abe, huh? I don't know how you do it but I am so scared of the teenage years because most kids are professional liars by that age. They know what to tell their parents to know them off the 'scent'. lol!
Thanks for stopping by!!!!
@ Nefertiti: lol!!!! My sista, you know you deserved that, right? hahahaha. Such bold faced lying can only be met with typical Naija discipline. - everyone and their mama whoops your behind in anger!
Eyah! pele!!!! You still seem pretty upset. lol!
@ La Reine: How you doing? You got into trouble for telling the truth cos they thought you were lying? HMMMM> Could this be because you usually fibbed all the time? lol!!!
@ Temite: Hahahahaaha! There is nothing like a 'know it all' kid though. That's why you got popped by your mom! lol!
@ Verastical!: Madam, you? Na lie! You cannot remember a funny story? Oya, walk into the Easier cell and pay your fine!!! Now, now. Which kain rubbish....
lol!
@ Princesa: lol! Abeg, don't tell us oh. Something tells me that your own could give people some serious ideas...
hahahaha.
How now?
i remember my dad beating the living daylight out of me for (believe it or not) telling the truth because he thought it was a lie! lmao! he was convinced i was lying and properly blala-ed me until i started shouting "ok, i did it, i did it!!" and then later told him i actually did not do it but i had to go into self-preservation mode by lying...he started laughing...i did not find it funny! then he said sorry and i started crying. lmao! he always does that after a good flogging.
Ah and did you tell the caller that "mummmy said to tell you she is not at home"?
Ur kids put ur combs in d toilet. Lol!
play room; had one of those in my parents house as a kid.
I learnt not to lie;
This faithful day mumc gave me 20 naira to make my hair. When I finished making my hair, the woman 4got to collect the money. I din't even remeber until I was almost home, so I used all the money to buy biscuit.
The househelp followed me that day, but I walked faster than her. Later in the week, d lady saw the househelp and told her i din't pay her.
The househelp, came home asking what I did with the money and promised to tell my mum. I was crying, when my aunt walked in and asked what happened.
I told her the truth, and she said "it has happened it has happened". Those words gave me some 4m of courage, cos when mumc came back that evening, I reported myself to her.
All she did was tell me not to do that again, and if I 4get to pay some1 to make every effort to pay the person when I c him/her.
Since then I've always found the courage to tell the truth and pay what ever I owe, even when the person I owe 4gets.
who says i lie?! i don't lie oh. lol. ok, maybe occasionally. hahahahaha. all right, all right. maybe more oftener dan that, but basically, am a truthful person. as such, i haven't yet got into trouble 4 lying. actually, i've got into trouble more 4rm telling d truth
ur boy is very funny. so, he knew eh. u see children. dem go do face like say dem no know d thing dem dey do. dem know oh.
with fff.........i mostly get into trouble for telling the truth....
funny guy ur kid.........
The truth really does set you free tho. I've had situations where i told a small fib before, and got into so much ish that i could only get out of after I went back to tell the truth. so I try my best to keep it that way.
TK is so cute.
awww...i just fell in love with TK all over again
see me see trouble...i go away for a w/e and aloted dethrones me...haba
hi im new here. i must say i love the way u write and express what goes on in ur fam. show a bro some love
LOL! I hope n pray that he continues on this path..
I was a really 'good' kid, i was so afraid of gettin into trouble so i always made a point of stayin out of it!
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