Why Children Lie and How to Prevent It
Episode description
We've all been there. Our child lies to us, and we absolutely know it's happening. But what should we do about it? And how does lying change as they get older and the lies become more significant? Let's find out from Dr. Victoria Talwar.
About Our Guest
Dr. Victoria Talwar is a Canada Research Chair (II) and a Professor at McGill University. She has been working in the area of developmental psychology for over fifteen years with an emphasis on social-cognitive development. Her research interests include children’s verbal deception, children’s moral development, theory-of-mind understanding and behaviour; children’s expressive display rule knowledge and behaviour.
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