How can I stop my 4 1/2 year old son stop lying?

Question

How can I stop my 4 1/2 year old son stop lying?

Answer 1

you could start whooping his ***. then he will slow down with it. thats how my dad did me, and it worked.

Answer 2

think of why or how he started to lye.is he copying someone in the family

Answer 3

Spank him when he does. That cured me when i was little and I was a pathological liar.

Answer 4

tell him to stop lying

Answer 5

If you know he is lying don't give him a chance to lie. For example if you saw him break something, say I saw you break it and why did you do it.

And tell him that if he keeps lying no one would want to be his friend and many bad things could happen to him. Nothing good comes from lying.

Kids do lie all the time and it goes beyond till their teenage years(and your complaining now LOL), try and teach him good morals and be repetative. Anyways hes 4 what could he be lying about?

Answer 6

Call Super Nanny! Just Kidding. When your child lies give him a punishment like taking away tv or his playtoys. You could also put him  in a corner and talk to him about why lying is wrong and how it not only hurts himself  but it also causes hurt to other people . If you are consistent with punishments, then over time, he will stop the lying. Every once and a while offer him treats like: " if you tell the truth 5 times in a row, i will take you out for a treat." ect........ I hope this helps!!!!

Answer 7

There is that threat of a butt wooping "if you find out he is lying"  (which you must follow thru the first couple of times for him to know you mean business and you DO find out)(but you have to find out "for sure" and not whoop him for the suspicion of him lying)    And when they do tell you the truth, then the penalty should not be the same ( a whoopin) or harsher.  But they won't get a treat either.   Let them consider the penalty they should receive while you think about it.      You may just freak them out enough just by saying "Do you want to hurt your mommy?  Do you?"  It is tearing me up inside.   You will go to prison when you are older because you are not allowed to eat the kids after you kill them.  I don't want to visit you in prison.

  Maybe he needs to visit the "big house" just to get the impression in his mind of how horrible it is.

Answer 8

Talk to him and explain him why it is important not to lie (Peter and the Wolf). But don't worry too much, most kids go through that phase, but then they mature and move on. They have a big imagination.

My son went through that (my daughter didn't). I was very concerned and I was very strict with him. I talked to him a lot about the issues that lying can bring and I thought that he just couldn't stop, but then he did.

Answer 9

Take away his toys and don't let him have any sweets.

Maybe make up some imaginary creature like The Lying Scarecrow who will come and eat him if he doesn't stop lying.

Answer 10

say santa wont get him anything for christmas

no idea

tell him the story about the boy who cried wolf,

i told my brother about that

no idea im c**p with kids

good luck (:

Answer 11

1.) Tell him "No! Lying is bad!"

2.) Tell him again.

3.) Give him a time out.

4.) He needs a good spanking. Take him to his room, spank him 2-3 times, then leave him for 10 minutes in his room with no toys. Let him scream and cry. After 10 minutes, come back to him, explain to him why you did what you did, what he did to deserve the spanking, and what he needs to do in the future. Tell him that for now on, he is a big boy, and big boys need big boy punishments. Tell him that for now on, if he ever lies, he will get a sore bum. Tell him this in a stern, but calm voice. Hope this helps!

Answer 12

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You want.... to stop your 4-1/2 year old son from NOT LYING????????   Huh????  <blink>  <blink>

You don't want your son to not lie ??????????

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Okay okay okay... but that's the way you wrote it!

What is he lying about?  Is this chronic or just instantaneous?

If he lies, then he picked it up for some reason.  You need to sit down with him and have a four-year-old's talk with him, and explain patiently and sincerely with him that lying is not what your family does, and he must not lie to anybody in whatever situation he is doing it for.

Tell him it is bad to lie, and give him the reason that people will know or find out and then he will not be liked for lying, because people do not like people who lie.  Or something to that end.  Heck, we aren't even being told what the lie was or what caused the lie!!!!!!!!!  How do we know what to say?