Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-07-28 | Page 13 | Why Children Lie

WHY CHILDREN LIE for the same rea reason tion we v now aleain ear n that the babies it mile in their eloch because their stomachs are out ol of order or because sonto other physical function jd Is improperly performed nathan Opp oppenheim III D discusses the subject in a rather tech technical ay popular science Alon monthly Zilly july and sums bums up his conclusions an follows we constantly sec fee children alho ho lie ile habitually and usually tor for no lie recognized reason this habit to la commonly looked upon as an indication of sport pon t to leous vicious nema in ili the ilia majority of cases this opinion has no basis basia in 11 fact the children hll dien usually are arc suffering nuner lne from disorders of mind or body or both stitch radically ladi cally interfere with the of conceptions conception and perceptions from the internal to the external processes of expression eo 00 that they aro are really unable to be more exact than they spero arem usually these pe are either neglected or cause severe punishments to bo be Inflict eL with the natural result if auk that they are con firmed and added to by various unfavorable characteristics aca of cruelty revenge slyness and actual deceit lying dop does not necessarily mean viciousness nor in IH truth to be regarded mereb as a sa cains ing means of grace fit abc acc on the contrary many it a child maybe may be led to forget the lie ie simply by being placed in proper physical and mental environments