Punishing kids for lying just doesn't work

Monday, December 8, 2014 - 16:00 in Psychology & Sociology

If you want your child to tell the truth, it’s best not to threaten to punish them if they lie. That’s what researchers discovered through a simple experiment involving 372 children between the ages of 4 and 8.

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