My 7yr old daughter is lying and I know she is lying because we catch her everytime. She lies and she hides food. I know every age group grows to thsi stage where they blame other kids around them. Should I be worried to the point where I take her to speak to a psychologist or is this age appropriate. We live with my sister and her 4 year old child and every time my sister goes out of her way to prove to my daughter that she is caught in a lie. What can I do?
Is your living arrangement with your sister a new thing? It could be that due to the upset in her routine, she is acting out. If not, is there anything that might have triggered this in her? I am no expert, but am having problems with my ten year old lying and was told today by an expert that 10 is about the age for this stage.
Also, don't know how you feel about it for sure, but from your post it sounds like you might me more annoyed with your sister's childish response to your daughters' (possibly age or situation appropriate) behavior and I can't say that I would blame you. I definitely could NOT live with my sister. She is opinionated, over-bearing, critical, and oh yeah, (in her own mind anyway)she is perfect! Whether the attention is good or bad sometimes does not matter to kids. With your sister making such a big friggin deal of it, your daughter is center of attention, right? I would tell your sister to "back off" and let you deal with it.
