How to Handle Lying | Trauma-Informed Parenting with Cindy Lee

Cindy R. Lee is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with particular expertise in helping foster and adoptive families thrive. Her trauma-informed teaching aids parents as they raise children who have experienced harm. In this video, Cindy Lee breaks down how to handle lying, whether they are direct lies or imaginative tales.

0:00 Intro
0:38 A Developmental Stage
1:50 A Symptom of Fear
2:13 A Survival Behavior
2:31 Do Not Set Them Up to Lie
3:31 Work on the Underlying Issues
3:44 State What You Know to be True
4:01 Handling Tall Tales

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