My 6 year old daughter has a serious problem lying about my new husband, or greatly exaggerating. One time he took her shopping and caught her putting something into her pocket--he slapped her hand and lectured her. But she told me he beat her with his shoe for a whole hour in front of everyone (Gee, I wonder why the cops weren't called)
Another time I looked outside to notice her and some friends playing in a construction site across the street, her being inside one of the tractors! I yelled for him to go get her immediately. I watched from the window as he walked up and gave her the 3rd degree, then grabbed her hand and roughly escorted her inside. She ran to me crying saying, "He called me the B word and slapped me and pulled my hair!" Maybe my Tylenol makes me see other things that aren't happening.
I'm thinking about one day having him watch her, and when I come back, have him tell an outright lie about her, and I punish her as though it actually happened. Then have him whisper to her "Sucks when someone tells a lie about you and gets you in trouble, doesn't it?"
Do you think that is okay? Or would it cause resentment? I just don't want these lies to work their way all the way up to CPS if you know what I mean.
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