Do Not Lie

Do not lie – not to your kids, not to anyone. But especially don't lie to others when your children are watching. You must not teach them to have a double standard. “White” lies are lies. Parents will tell “white” lies in front of their children, and then wonder, when the teenage years come, why their children lie to them.

As the author, Robert Fulghum once said, “Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”