Tell the truth for kids: Truthfulness – PursueGOD Kids
How to Teach Kids to Tell the Truth
The child who lies obviously displeases God and grieves his parents. But he also invites adverse consequences to himself.
I learned this lesson in third grade when I bought a pea shooter (an oversized drinking straw) and a bag of dry peas for shooting. I knew I would be in special trouble if I shot my younger brothers. My parents had already taken away my previous pea shooter for aiming it at my siblings.
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A budding 8-year-old munitions engineer, I began experimenting outside our back door with my secret new equipment. Frustrated by the slowness of loading one pea at a time, I decided to stuff the entire bag of peas into my mouth, hoping the shooting device would work like an automatic machine gun. (It didn’t.)
Just as I glutted my bulging cheeks with pea rounds, the back door opened. Mom leaned out: “Sammy, what are you doing?” Feeling the need to conceal my mischief and high-powered weaponry, my sinful instinct was to answer, “Nothing. ” But it’s hard for an 8-year-old to speak clearly when a bag of peas is holding his mouth hostage. Instead of “nothing,” out came “ngmffngm.” But I wasn’t doing ngmffngm. I lied. And my mother knew it. At that moment she didn’t worry about the pea shooter; she cared about her boy’s blatant falsehood, which revealed a darkness that strikes a wise mother’s heart with sadness and pain.
We desire for our children to tell us the truth, especially when confessing their sin. But how can we teach them to be candid with us, to speak the truth?
I’ve found six practices helpful in fostering honesty in children.
1. Pray
Ask God to do the heart work that only he can do.
Maybe someday in heaven I’ll find out all the trouble I avoided because of the prayers of my parents and grandparents.
2. Teach That God Is Truthful
Joyfully and decisively embrace God himself as truthful.
Before dealing with the actions and hearts of children, refocus your own heart on God’s trustworthiness and the extremely high premium he places on truth-telling.
Worship him for his reliability. Truth is his name (John 14:6). Get that clear. It’s impossible for him to lie (Heb. 6:18), and he hates lying (Prov. 13:5).
Aspire for you and yours to be like him.
3. Model Truth-Telling Yourself, Especially When It’s Costly
Make no compromise in your own truth-telling. Never lie to the children, or in front of them, or get them to lie for you. If we want children to confess their wrongdoings to us, we mustn’t fail in confessing and repenting of our own sins, making a humble pledge to strive to never do that wrong again.
If you’re going to use words—and you are—mean them. Mean what you say, and say what you mean. If you say, “Turn off the video game”—and they ignore you, and you do nothing—then not only does “turn off the video game” come to mean nothing, but all your words lose value. You make your words into a kind of lie, for “turn off the video game” apparently doesn’t mean what it seems to say.
You make your words into a kind of lie, for ‘turn off the video game’ apparently doesn’t mean what it seems to say.
4. Talk to Your Kids
About Telling the Truth
Talk about the advantages of truth-telling. Explain how it earns future trust, while lying destroys trust. Point out and celebrate truth-telling wherever you see it—in preaching, in news reporting, in dinner-table conversations, and so on.
Let them hear God’s Word on the subject (e.g., Col. 3:9; Eph. 4:25; Luke 6:31; Prov. 11:3). Let them see that you take the Bible seriously. Show them in the Bible how often Jesus says “truly truly.”
Expose them to stories about truth-telling and lying, such as the little boy who cried wolf, Pinocchio, Ananias and Sapphira, and Zacchaeus.
In teaching children to speak truthfully, couple truthfulness with love (Eph 4:15). What does love do? It tells the truth.
5. Reward Kids for Truth-Telling
It’s hard to overestimate the value of swift rewards in shaping the behavior of a young child. When a child admits to his crime—breaking the lamp, kicking his brother—commend the truth-telling prior to addressing the infraction.
So perhaps something like: “Thank you, son, for being honest with me. Telling the truth is so important. It helps everyone trust you. It pleases God. So I’m pleased with you that you told the truth. Now let’s address the broken lamp” (or whatever).
6. Having Underscored Honesty, Also Teach Discernment
Not all truth needs to be announced, and it certainly need not be brutal. In certain contexts, some truth is better left unsaid—just because the lady at the store is overweight doesn’t mean we need to say so! Children can incrementally be taught that some factual information is better kept to ourselves.
Parents and caregivers, may we teach our children the value and beauty of telling the truth, no matter the cost. After all, there is no greater joy than knowing our children are walking in the truth (3 John 4).
The Importance of Telling Your Kids the Truth
It is so interesting to observe the difference between adults and children when it comes to telling the truth.
Adults are often quick to hide things, especially if they seem unfavorable or hurtful. Kids, on the other hand, are typically honest to a fault (and sometimes to the embarrassment of their parents!) and speak frankly about their feelings and opinions. What’s interesting, then, is the practice of shielding children from the truth. Not only is it a recipe for distrust, but also problematic on several levels.
My son’s baseball team was a very close-knit group last season and they frequently did things as a team off the fields. There was a bowling event scheduled for the team on a Saturday night, and as we finished practice Saturday morning, I said:
Me to a boy: “See you tonight, J!”
J looked at me and said: “It was cancelled.”
I was confused, so I went to the team mom who informed me that it was still planned for that night.
Me, back to J: “We are bowling tonight buddy, I just made sure.”
J said: “My mom said it was cancelled.”
Even though J’s mom had been standing there the entire time, at this point she finally says, “Well, it isn’t really cancelled.
I told you that it was… I’m not sure we can go. We’ll figure it out.”
She then proceeds to whisper to me that she had the boys that weekend (custody arrangement) and she had already made plans to go watch the UFC fight at a bar and didn’t want to take the boys to the bowling event. She had arranged a babysitter and instead of telling them the truth that they couldn’t go bowling because of a scheduling conflict, she lied to prevent them getting upset or arguing with her about the decision.
Model of Behavior
There are a few issues in play here, as I see it. First, children look to their parents as a model and example of appropriate behavior. And often what children learn is from what they observed, rather than what they were taught. A youth pastor of mine once said: “Kids will do in excess what you do in moderation and in moderation what you do in excess.” In this case, these two boys witnessed their mom lying, and will internalize that it is okay to do so when it suits them.
Trust
Second, kids are far more intelligent and aware than for which they are given credit. Plus, kids have a trust radar that extends for miles. When an adult in their lives willfully does not give them the truth, it breaks the respect and trust that was built in the relationship. Although kids are also quick to forgive, their memories remain of interactions with the people whom they love the most.
World View
Finally, age-appropriate honesty is not only necessary but beneficial. By having an honest conversation with kids using words and concepts that they can understand, their world view expands outside of themselves. Kids live in the here and now, and are self-absorbed due to their emotional center. By being truthful even when the topic is difficult (such as death, divorce, therapy, cancer, etc.), kids witness emotional regulation, processing of feelings, discussion of difficult or conflicting messages, and more.
Kids should never be made to feel that they didn’t deserve the truth.
Even with good intentions, parents who are not honest with their children about circumstances often learn in hindsight that their children resented being lied to or misled. When you tell your kids the truth, you make it very clear that you expect honesty from them as well – and that everyone deserves to know the truth even if it isn’t what they wanted to hear.
Mom, tell the truth! Psychology and education from 3 to 7 years old
Our expert, psychologist Igor Pavlov, argues about whether it is always necessary to tell children the truth.
To lie or not to lie, that is the question… Sometimes it is really difficult to tell a child the truth. Especially if something unpleasant happened and we do not want to hurt the baby by telling him about what happened. This may be the death of a loved one, the breakup of a family, or, for example, a tragedy shown on television.
But even in more innocent situations, adults often resort to lies when communicating with children.
Sometimes we do this because it is unpleasant or painful for us to talk about something with a child, sometimes because it is convenient for us. And sometimes it’s time out of habit so that the child gets rid of his “stupid” questions, doesn’t get in the way or stops whining. So, bringing the baby to the kindergarten in the morning, it is easier to tell him that it is only for 5 minutes than to find the strength in himself to explain that he will stay here all day and help him cope with the experience of temporary separation. In some families, cheating children becomes a common thing. And few adults think about what consequences it can lead to.
Aftertaste of a lie
A spoken lie leaves a bitter residue on the lips of the parent and in the soul of the child. And, even if it seems to us that this is a “white lie” or that the child will never guess about the deception, the consequences will somehow affect our relationship with him.
First, the child sincerely trusts adults for the time being.
But, if they abuse his trust too often, sooner or later he begins to feel when his parents are hiding somewhere or hiding the truth from him. On this occasion, the well-known child psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto wrote that “in a family, children and dogs always know everything, especially what they do not talk about.”
Secondly, the realization that parents can lie undermines trust in them, and henceforth the child begins to doubt any words spoken by adults, even if their truth is obvious. Such a child next time will prefer to seek the truth and truthful answers to his questions outside the family – from friends, buddies or other adults who will be more trusted. Thirdly, hiding the truth from the child or keeping silent about some disturbing events, the baby will not hesitate to compensate with his own fantasies. All children are wonderful inventors, and if they don’t know or don’t understand something, they invent it themselves. For example, a small child, from whom it was hidden that the grandmother died from a serious illness, can easily decide that the grandmother died because he did not obey her or was rude to her shortly before her departure from life.
Some childhood fantasies and conjectures can bring even more emotional harm to the child than knowing the truth.
And, fourthly, by deceiving a child, we ourselves teach him to lie. Our deception turns against us when a child, growing up, prefers to hide from us the truth about how and where he spends his free time, what grades he gets at school and what problems he faces.
Slippery situations
“But in fact, there are situations when it is simply impossible to tell a child the truth!” – you object. Let’s look at the most common of them and think about how to be honest with yourself and with your child under any circumstances.
Is Santa Claus real?
There are still almost two months before the New Year, but the image of Santa Claus is already gradually beginning to fill the minds of children. Will he come or won’t he? Will he give or not give? Not all modern children are selflessly waiting for Santa Claus, and in general they believe in New Year’s miracles.
At this time, they are most interested in another question: “Does Santa Claus exist or does it really not exist?” In this case, should adults insist on the existence of a kind old man with a bag of gifts? An innocent and very popular story: parents are tempted to deceive their children and use the image of Santa Claus to their advantage, forcing the child to behave well on the eve of the New Year.
But no matter how tempting the idea of calling Santa Claus as an ally in the upbringing of a child may seem to adults, it is not worth doing this, just as it is not worth insisting on his existence if the child begins to doubt it.
We all outgrow faith in Santa Claus. For some, the debunking of this New Year’s myth brings disappointment and annoyance, and for some of the children it allows you to feel more grown-up. So don’t be afraid to be the right person to help your child move up a notch in their growing up. Let the child understand that, despite the fictional character of Santa Claus, he still remains the main symbol of the New Year for children and adults, without which the holiday would not be so bright.
And what about gifts, then assure the baby that he will definitely receive his New Year’s gift, because giving gifts to each other is an obligatory New Year’s tradition.
Is your mother already dead?
When I was working as a psychologist in a kindergarten, one day a three-year-old boy came up to me and asked: “Is your mother already dead?” Some experience told him that most adults have parents who grow old and die. Therefore, according to his logic, my parents should have already died. With childish spontaneity, he decided to immediately test his hypothesis by asking me a question directly on the forehead. This boy, at the age of three, could calmly talk about death, realizing that people leave us at the end of their lives. Unfortunately, not all adults are also ready to calmly discuss issues related to dying with children.
When someone dies in the family or on television, when we hear about massacres or terrorist attacks from the news, we try by all means to protect children from facing death.
But children think about death much more often than adults think. The most inquisitive of them start asking us questions as early as 3-4 years old. Is it worth talking to children about death in such cases? Yes. Especially if one of the people close to the child died in your family, if the kid saw someone’s death on TV and it haunts him.
But at the same time, one should not say more than the child wants to hear. It is best for kids to explain what death is and why people die using specific examples with animals, insects. And then it is best to follow the logic of the child’s questions.
Of course, a child’s own curiosity and what he wants to know about death can frighten him. But, if you build a dialogue competently, the child is not threatened by the emergence of new fears. For example, if we are talking to a child about a murder he has seen in a movie or shown on the news, you should always reassure the child that he is safe and that most people around him will not harm him.
In no case should you hide from a child if one of the family members and people close to him has died. Excuses like “grandfather went very far” or “your aunt went on a trip” against the background of the general mourning atmosphere prevailing in the house will confuse the child even more. And for children, there is nothing worse than a feeling of uncertainty and understatement.
A child, like any adult, has the right to learn about the death of a loved one and experience his own little grief.
Will this doctor hurt me? In the same kindergarten, I have repeatedly observed how mothers and teachers tried by any means to persuade the kids to go for a medical examination. If it came to vaccination or a blood test from a finger, then here the fantasy of adults was in full swing. The children were told that the doctor does not vaccinate, but “puts a watch on his hand”, that taking blood from a finger is like being bitten by a mosquito. But for some children, these tricks did not work at all.
These children, horrified in front of the doors of the medical office, asked me: “Will it hurt a lot?” To which I had to answer: “No, it doesn’t hurt very much. Just a bit. I’m sure you’ll be able to endure.” Oddly enough, such words of some children were much more encouraging than fairy tales about watches and mosquitoes.
Why is it important for a child to know what will happen to him outside the doctor’s office? First, it reduces the feeling of uncertainty, which can be much more frightening than knowing that an injection or an enema awaits you. Secondly, by assuring the child that he will not be hurt at all, and even, maybe, pleasantly, we risk greatly undermining his trust in us if the doctor hurts or unpleasantly. And thirdly, as in any situation that frightens a child, he has a variety of fantasies about what awaits him. For example, one boy, going for a blood test, thought that all the blood would be taken from his finger and he would die. Therefore, it is important to talk with children about what awaits them behind the door of the doctor’s office, and try to answer their questions as truthfully as possible.
Choose words that are appropriate for the child’s age and experience. Compare, for example, the pain that a baby will experience from an injection with something already familiar: “It will hurt a little, but I’m sure you can endure, as you endured the time you cut your finger.” Do not scold or shame the baby for crying or trying to run away from the doctor. Admit to yourself that doctors sometimes hurt children, but this is necessary, and children have the right to be afraid of doctors and cry. This will help you be more honest with your child and find the right words for him.
What is sex?
Children begin to worry about sex long before they reach puberty. And, before moving on, having matured, to “practice”, the kids can not wait to figure out the “theory”. But this only speaks of the natural interest of babies in life in all its manifestations.
5 steps to communication without deceit
- Never dismiss your child’s questions that seem untimely, difficult or unpleasant to you. Believe me, children do not ask questions when they are not yet psychologically ripe for this. You should not get off with a joke or the phrase: “Grow up – you will know.” The child is unlikely to wait until he grows up, but most likely he will never turn to you again.
- Be attentive to the child’s questions and try to understand what exactly he wants to hear in response. Try forwarding the question to him himself and ask what he himself thinks about this. Sometimes it turns out that the child has already found a suitable answer for himself and he only needs your confirmation.
- Do not rush to immediately lay out all the information, start with the main and simplest, answer the child’s questions in a dosed manner. If the child is interested, he will ask you more questions, and you, in turn, will be able to turn the conversation into a fascinating dialogue.
- Treat each such situation as an opportunity to make your relationship with your child closer and more open. Show him by your own example that trust is the most important thing between loved ones. Without fear of being punished or ridiculed for the “wrong” question, he will grow up to be a confident and inquisitive person.
- Don’t be afraid to ask yourself questions and don’t deceive yourself in situations where something really goes wrong. When we are honest with ourselves, we will always find the right and right words for our child.
Believe me, children do not ask questions when they are not yet psychologically ripe for this. You should not get off with a joke or the phrase: “Grow up – you will know.” The child is unlikely to wait until he grows up, but most likely he will never turn to you again. 
Show him by your own example that trust is the most important thing between loved ones. Without fear of being punished or ridiculed for the “wrong” question, he will grow up to be a confident and inquisitive person. When you hear this “forbidden” word from your child, do not rush to wash his mouth with laundry soap. Ask what meaning he puts into it. Young children can call sex different things. In any case, whether the child will let slip in your presence or ask directly, this is a good reason to talk to him. To talk without moralizing and reproaches, without shame and deliberate disgust for this topic. No matter how old a child is, he always has the right to find out how he actually came into this world. And it is not our versions of the birth of children that should change, depending on the age of the child, but the words with which we will answer his intimate questions.
When will dad be back?
Children suffer the most in divorce. Moreover, the most painful thing for a child may not be the fact of a divorce, but the concealment of information from him and the pretense of adults.
I met children who sincerely believed (not without the help of their mothers) that their father was on a business trip or working somewhere else, and therefore he was not at home. The kids did not suspect that dad would never again appear on the threshold of their house or would come to them very rarely now. They waited for him and asked their mother questions more and more insistently, until they were visited by a vague idea that they were left without a father. The reaction to this discovery was the most unpredictable.
Of course, it is painful and unpleasant to talk to a child about the fact that mom and dad are breaking up. It is very difficult to find the right words for this. But without this, you will only give him ground for confusing fantasies.
For example, a toddler may imagine that dad left home because he misbehaved because children tend to take the blame on themselves in such cases.
Try to be truthful with the child and explain to him that dad will now live separately, that this is normal and that many children have separate parents.
But one should not be too frank with small children and tell them that dad cheated on mom or drank. Maybe it will become easier for you because you speak out, but such a “truth” can only do harm to a small child. It is with children of middle school and adolescence that you can discuss the problems that arise in relationships and count on their understanding.
It is important for preschoolers and younger students to maintain a positive image of their parents, so dose the truth about divorce according to the child’s age. Sometimes it is better to just remain silent about something than to deceive.
Igor Pavlov
I agree. I also never deceive a child, I always tell it like it is.
And before going to the doctor – if it hurts, I say so; if not, I also say, I always describe exactly what they will do there. There is only benefit from this – the child trusts me, and knows that mom always tells the truth – as mom said, so be it. I see no reason to hide something bad, it will open anyway, and the child’s trust will be undermined. And we talked about death, I calmly answered his questions, and this topic was closed – he found out everything he wanted, he does not ask more questions yet. I never told him about Santa Claus 🙂 he knows that this is a beautiful New Year’s fairy tale, and parents buy gifts. New Year from this does not become less festive and expected. In general, I am also for not lying to the child.
2009-10-13, kitty
I always tell the truth to a child. And I emphasize this, they say, mom always tells the truth and always keeps her promises, and you always do the same. Only sometimes I have to make do with light fiction or a fairy tale if a detailed explanation is completely uninteresting or incomprehensible to my six-year-old.
By the way, I noticed many times that I was starting to talk about something, and my daughter interrupted and started talking about another topic, she was not so interested in detailed truthful answers. Always answer as clearly and concisely as possible.
2009-10-13, Ekaterinaa
I really liked the article. In principle, my husband and I adhere to such tactics.
The only thing is that she is still small and believes in Santa Claus and writes letters to him. By the way, I never bring her up with the fact that if you don’t be brave … then DFrost will not bring you gifts …. In general, she is waiting for DFrost at the end of December for Christmas … but this belief in a miracle, in goodness … When she grows up, no one will dissuade her ….
2009-10-13, Oli
I don’t deceive the child either, we discuss both sex and death, but with regard to Santa Claus, I have the position that it is useful for a child to believe in a miracle and wait for surprises .
.. It’s beautiful, it’s pleasant, joyful … Yes, receiving gifts everyone is pleased, but getting them from a fairy tale is even more pleasant, and adults also want to believe that a wish will come true. Waiting for a miracle is sometimes more pleasant than touching it!
2009-10-13, Taika
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Sergey Davydov returns home in the morning. He and his wife Xenia have sex. Ksenia is interested in where Sergey was so late, she could not get through to him for half the night. He says that the meeting with investors ended very late, then he got home by car for three hours, his phone died, and there was no charger with him. Sergei asks where their son Mitya is. At the gathering. Ksenia invites Sergey to have breakfast, but he says that he needs to go to the office again, work on the project is reaching the finish line, so he has to act in emergency mode.
The husband asks his wife to change cars today, Ksenia agrees. She reminds Sergei that in the evening they are having dinner with their neighbors in the cottage village.
On the way to the Institute of Chinese Culture, where Xenia is acting rector, she calls the restaurant and arranges to celebrate Sergei’s fortieth birthday. Ksenia does not believe in omens, although it is not customary to celebrate this date, she wants to surprise her husband. Ksenia notices that there is a charger in the cabin of Sergey’s car, and it is working properly. She finds it strange. In addition, she discovers a long white hair on the passenger seat (Ksenia herself is brown-haired). The woman begins to be tormented by doubts.
At the institute, a negligent student Murat comes to Xenia’s office and begs the rector to let him take the exam. Xenia’s colleague Yuri drives the guy away. Yuri tells Ksenia that the third-year student Murat is behaving inappropriately, he disrupts the seminars. Ksenia complains that things are not going well in their educational institution.
Yuri reports that Professor Parshikov does not appear at the institute, he canceled three classes last week, and does not answer phone calls. Yuri believes that Parshikov should be deprived of the bonus. Xenia defends the professor who was her teacher: he is in trouble. Yuri claims that Parshikov has an elementary binge, and he also has an affair with a student. Ksenia gives the order to assemble the council of the department and call Parshikov there.
Xenia is talking to her graduate student Nina. She says she needs another week to finish her dissertation. Ksenia claims that sinology is the most difficult science, it requires full dedication. Therefore, while writing a dissertation, you need to give up extra earnings on the side. Nina is interested: what to live on then? She persuades Xenia to give her at least three more days.
Xenia’s friend Svetlana Kulikova addresses her with a request. She opens a Chinese restaurant. She needs to translate a contract for the supply of spices.
Ksenia refers to employment. Svetlana invites Xenia and her husband to the opening of her restaurant. She persuades Xenia to translate at least the lyrics of the song she wants to perform for her Chinese guests. She agrees. Ksenia makes a return invitation to Svetlana to celebrate Sergei’s birthday.
Xenia arrives at a construction company run by Sergei. He introduces his wife to his new secretary Lucy, invites Xenia to celebrate with them that his project was accepted. Ksenia refuses, says that she is driving, and she needs to return to work. Ksenia is alarmed by the fact that her husband’s new secretary is a blonde.
At the lecture, Ksenia tells students about the difference between Eastern and Western worldviews. What should be done to get rid of the problem? One student says that it needs to be solved. Ksenia claims that this is a typical Western approach. But the Chinese will try to avoid the problem. This is the art of Tao.
Xenia is coming home from work.
She tells Mitya to clean up after himself, guests will come to them soon. Mitya asks: are you not interested in how my training camp went? I’m sorry, dear, of course it’s interesting. We won, this is our first victory in the last six months. Well done, but you still need to clean up. Sergei arrives. He brought his wife’s favorite flowers – white gladioli. Ksenia is interested in: are you guilty of something? No, just like that, I wanted to please you. Sergey complains: I will soon hate my office, I almost have to spend the night there. Doesn’t the new secretary help you? She has not yet mastered, there is little sense from her. Ksenia is sarcastic: but the blonde, men like it. I like you. And Lusya is blonde, painted, and besides, she is old, divorced, and even with a child. And how old is she? About thirty. Ksenia is offended: in fact, I’m almost forty, and I also have a child. Mitya comforts his mother: you are not divorced, and you are young and beautiful. Thank you son.
The Davydovs are having dinner with their neighbors Roman and Olga.
The novel tells about a new restaurant that has opened nearby. Sergei says that they will definitely visit him, the place where he is located is significant for him and Ksenia. He tells the story of how he met his future wife. She drowned, and he saved her. Olga finds this very romantic. Ksenia says that it’s time for her husband to tell the truth: she didn’t drown at all. Sergei jumped into the water after her, but he does not know how to swim, so Xenia herself had to save him. Olga is touched: it is even more noble to throw herself into the water to the woman she loves, even without knowing how to swim. Now it’s clear why you can’t drag you to swim. Ksenia is interested: were you on the beach together? Olga claims that they went to the lake together with the Davydovs. Xenia does not remember this. She starts to get nervous (Olga is also blonde). The ladies leave the table. Olga asks Xenia why she is behaving strangely. Ksenia says that she suspects her husband of infidelity, she goes crazy about it.
Olga thinks, but white hair in the car is not yet a reason to panic. And in general, the husband needs to be trusted.
After the guests leave, Sergey and Ksenia wash the dishes. The husband asks his wife: why are you so tense today? Everything is fine. What code do you have on your phone? I want to see the weather for tomorrow. I don’t have any code, you know. Okay, I’m off to bed. Olga looks through the list of calls on her husband’s phone. A message arrives from Lucy: the meeting with investors tomorrow will be an hour later.
In the morning Ksenia drives Mitya to school. There she meets Lucy, who sees her daughter off. Ksenia offers her husband’s secretary a ride to the office. She refuses: I ride a bicycle, it turns out faster. After six I leave work, and in half an hour I’m already at home. Aren’t you staying up late now? No, our bosses prefer to work from home after lunch.
Xenia shares her suspicions with her friend Tatiana. She says that Lucy cannot be Sergey’s mistress.
After the divorce, she is forced to raise her daughter alone. But then where does Sergei disappear every evening after six? Ksenia intends to follow her husband. Tatyana dissuades her. Lost her mind? It’s time for you to come to my clinic for an examination.
Xenia is spying on Sergei. He buys white gladioli and goes somewhere. Xenia follows him. Sergei visits his mother, who is in the hospital. Xenia also comes into the ward to her mother-in-law. Sergey is surprised. A nurse comes to give an injection. Sergei and Ksenia retire into the corridor. Husband asks: how did you get here? Ksenia admits that she was following Sergei. He shames her: before it turned me on that you were jealous of me, but this is already too much. I go to my mother almost every day, and you haven’t been able to find time in two months to visit her. Ksenia asks her husband for forgiveness. At the exit from the clinic, the nurse asks Xenia to sign the book of visits. Do you record all visitors? Of course, we are strict with this.
Why is Davydov not on the list? So, there was no Davydov.
In the evening Sergey and Xenia meet at the new restaurant. It turns out that Sergei knows Svetlana Kulikova’s husband, Alexei. The Kulikovs’ children, Sasha and Evelina, also work part-time in the family restaurant. Svetlana performs the song “Two Shores” for her Chinese partners, the text of which was translated for her by Ksenia. Svetlana dedicates this song to her beloved husband. But Ksenia continues to be tormented by doubts, she suspects Sergey’s mistress in all the familiar blondes.
At night, when Sergey is sleeping, Xenia searches the Internet for the answer to the question: how to find out if her husband is cheating? She enters a chat where cheated wives share their thoughts on a similar situation. Someone offers to hunt down the traitor, and then take revenge on him. And some prefer to pretend that nothing happened.
Ksenia gives Nina time to finish her dissertation in peace, and in exchange for this she asks her for a favor: to keep an eye on her husband.
Nina agrees.
Professor Parshikov is discussed at the council of the department. Yuri says that he regularly skips lectures, comes to work drunk, and swears in front of students. Yuri proposes to give Parshikov a severe reprimand and deprive him of his bonus. The professor is rude in response: who in your almshouse, besides me, speaks Chinese? Ksyushka, right? The acting rector corrects Parshikov: Ksenia Petrovna, please. She asks: did you drink alcohol today? This is my personal business, I have the day off today. Are you trying to teach me, you little bitch? Xenia announces that the professor has been fired. Parshikov says: someday you will also be left alone, everyone will leave you. You went!
After giving advice, Yuri approaches Xenia and says that she got excited with the dismissal of the professor. She has a head full of personal problems. She receives a call from Nina, who has tracked Sergei down. He is kissing some woman, this is a tall blonde. Ksenia asks to take a picture of her.
Nina fears that she might be noticed. She manages to shoot Sergei only from the back, the woman is almost invisible in the photo. Nina reports that Sergey is hiding something in the trunk, then he and the lady each get into their car and leave. Nina says that she can find out the name of the owner of the car through her friend.
Xenia is crying. Yuri thinks that she is upset because of Parshikov, the professor was only a year away from retirement. Ksenia sees Murat in the corridor, he smokes. Ksenia approaches the student, scolds him, threatens with expulsion if he continues to violate discipline. She says that Nina Vasilievna complains about Murat, this is not the first time he has disrupted her seminars. The student declares: it is impossible to build normal relations with women, if you sleep with them, they begin to fight, if you send them to hell, they begin to take revenge. Xenia gives the insolent slap in the face.
Ksenia picks up Mitya from home, they are going to go to a restaurant.
Sergey is already waiting for them there. All their friends gathered in the restaurant, Sergey is pleased with the surprise that his wife arranged for him. Xenia is called by Nina, she says that the car belongs to Svetlana Kulikova. Ksenia is shocked: this cannot be! Nina reminds Ksenia to check the trunk, where Sergey has hidden something. On the way to the restaurant, Ksenia is terribly nervous, she is driving, violating the rules of the road. Upon arrival there, Ksenia asks her husband for the keys to his car, in the cabin of which she allegedly dropped her earring. In the trunk, Ksenia discovers another husband’s cell phone. There are pictures on it where Sergey was shot with the daughter of the Kulikovs Evelina. Moreover, in some photos, lovers are in the company of Svetlana and Alexei, as well as Roman and Olga. Sergei received a message from Tatyana, in which she warned that Ksenia intended to follow him. Sergei calls his wife to the guests. He makes a toast in honor of her, confesses his love to her.
Instead of a reply, Ksenia kisses Sergei. Then she refers to malaise, says that she does not want to spoil her husband’s holiday. Soon Ksenia picks up Mitya and goes home.
At home, Mitya tells his mother about the daughter of his father’s new secretary Sonya, with whom he now studies at the same school. The girl is very worried about the divorce of her parents. And her mother cries all the time at night. Divorce is terrible. Ksenia tells her son that she loves him very much and sends Mitya to sleep. Then Ksenia throws out of the living room all the photos where they were taken together with Sergey. She collects her husband’s things, puts them in suitcases. Tatyana arrives. Ksenia reproaches her friend for hiding Sergei’s betrayal. Tatyana justifies herself: I myself was stunned when I found out. But Sergey begged me not to tell you, he swore that he would settle everything himself. Ksenia is outraged that everyone around was aware, she alone remained in the dark. Tatyana claims that for Sergey this is just an affair that will end soon.
He loves only you and Mitya, there is no need to destroy the family because of this. Ksenia asks Tatyana to leave: I don’t want to see you anymore. And I’m throwing my husband out today.
Sergei returns home very drunk and immediately falls asleep.
In the morning Xenia behaves as if nothing had happened. All photos are back. Ksenia reminds her husband that Mitya has a “Day with a Star” today, which he was looking forward to. Sergei must take his son to a meeting with a famous football player.
Xenia goes to work. Yuri enters her office. Ksenia complains of feeling unwell. Yuri calls Tatyana and says that he will bring her an important patient now.
Mitya asks his father: why are we going to work with my mother? Are you afraid of losing her? Sergei says: and we will kiss her now, and she will not go anywhere from us.
Yuri brings Xenia to Tatiana, who works as a therapist. She measures her friend’s pressure, it turns out to be high. Tatyana gives Ksenia pills, wonders if she kicked her husband out of the house.
Ksenia says that she did not want to deprive Mitya of the holiday, he had been waiting for the “Day with a Star” for three months. Tatyana advises Xenia to talk to Sergei tonight. Ksenia is about to leave, but notices Evelina in the corridor and again jumps into Tatyana’s office. What is this girl doing here? Went to see my primary care physician. Tatyana goes out into the corridor, tells Evelina that the doctor she saw no longer works here. She sends the patient for a blood test, and then you will need to go to see her. Evelyn leaves. Xenia says she wants to stay and listen to Tatyana examine her husband’s mistress. Tatyana does not like this idea, but she gives in to her friend. She is hiding. Evelina comes, she complains of apathy, weakness and nausea. Tatyana sends her for an express urine test, when the patient returns, she begins to ask her questions. Do you drink alcohol? A couple of glasses of wine a week. Do you smoke? No. How many sexual partners do you have? One. Sex regular? Not good.
The child should raise one foot behind him/her. Using the hand on the same side of the body, he/she should pull the foot up toward the buttocks, stretching the thigh. Keep the knees close. Hold for 20 seconds, then release. Repeat several times. Switch legs.
Lying on the floor, bend knees and bring them to the chest. Rock gently. Hold for 20 seconds. Repeat several times.
Stretching before warming up does not reduce the risk for injury during a sport, and fitness experts such as the American College of Sports Medicine, no longer recommend it.
Warming up for about 5–10 minutes goes a long way toward preparing the body for exercise.
But traditional, or “static,” stretching may lead to decreased muscle strength and performance, especially if your muscles are not warmed up enough. Stretching cold muscles can lead to injury.
Stretch the muscles slowly and don’t force it.
Be sure to contact professional teachers for stretching, especially if the child has not previously played sports. The reason is not only that the twine stretch for children must be carried out correctly. Not every child is ready to completely immerse himself in work, obey the coach and follow all his instructions. The task of the coach is to find an approach to each of the students, to become not a friend for him, but a mentor who does not force, but helps. 
You can visit trial classes with different trainers in order to find a teacher that is most appropriate in character and approach for your child. 
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You can diversify the games with your child, since each part of the rattle can be used separately from the spiral snake 3. Convenience and ease of use: the hanging toy is easy to attach to 4. The materials used to create the toy are durable, so the child can safely twist, shake or chew on it. 5. An additional item to the wonderful “Bani Bunny” collection: a comforter, a rattle-ring, a developing cube, a squeaker. The toy is suitable for playing with a baby aged 0 months, and at the age of 1 year, a child can start playing with it on his own. If you have any questions, we will be happy to answer them, and look forward to new prospects for further cooperation.” 
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There may be variations in treatment that your pediatrician may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances.
Eating fruits and vegetables every day and choosing milk or water over soda are the two biggest dietary habits linked to a lower risk of childhood obesity. They can also help to keep your child’s teeth healthy! Getting enough physical activity—at least 60 minutes a day for kids and parents—is another key to a healthy weight. However, it’s important to keep the focus on enjoying fruits, vegetables, and physical activity for their general health, not to stay a healthy weight. The best thing you can do is model good attitudes toward food and fitness to lead by example!
Setting limits on TV time is also a good way to meet your kids half-way so that everyone is happy! Children this age should get at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day—playing tag, having a playroom dance party, and playing on a jungle gym are all fun ways to get moving. Getting your kids active can be fun for the whole family!
Challenge them to eat some fruit or vegetable from every color each day—white, yellow, orange, red, purple, and green. Here are fun activities with foods of different colors.
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In the end, the guy got what he wanted. Tom Hardy has a great job, wife and happy kids. 
Hardy’s term was not awarded, as the father made a very good fuss. 
His health and life were in great danger, which was avoided thanks to the support of loved ones. The people who brought him out of the crisis turned out to be his parents, against whom he had so ardently rebelled since his teenage years. 
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Colleagues starred together in the crime drama “Obshchak”. 
Tom did not comment on this news. 
After filming, the director became friends with Thomas. They often drank together. 
The role of Eddie Brock was perfect for the actor. 
Tom plays a gay thug who falls in love with a gang leader. The partners on the set were Mark Strong and Gerard Butler. From that moment on, a successful period began in the life of the actor. 
But they all frighten him very much, because, according to the actor, he met bad people, being a drug addict. After the success of The Dark Knight, Hardy is invited to another cult role that once made Mel Gibson himself mega-popular – the role of Mad Max! The actor personally asked his predecessor for blessings for the role – he was not against it at all! The partner in the film was Charlize Theron. 
It is worth saying that the sons are incredibly similar to the star father and, like him, are in the center of public attention. The middle son Romeo from an early age began to appear on the covers of glossy magazines, but after that he decided to return to football. Senior – Brooklyn is also associated with modeling. 
Now the star is 36 years old, he was not married and has no children. 
MY MOM WENT FASTER BECAUSE SHE HAS BIGGER FEET.
Here, children go through economics, politics, and sociology. But few people talk about it with schoolchildren. And our blogger, social studies teacher Viktor Bormotov, decided to talk. And he asked the children to write an essay. 
They don’t study, they don’t do anything, they just suffer from bullshit and mess around”; 
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And it would be great if there was a free visit”; 
I want people to accept others for who they are”; 
So far, as I see it, the entire scientific and educational system is aimed at exploring everything and deciding for them. 
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Usually guests come at once with a large group. During the evening you need to answer the question “Well, how are you?” at least ten times! And then, some forgetful guest will definitely come across, who, “Well, how are you?” ask two or even three times! 
Frowning and waiting for an answer. 
And every time the inner voice prompted incorrectly. Because at the very moment when crawling Varya with a saucer in her teeth is at the target, she accidentally touches the leg of some adult with her hand, and he, making a funny surprised face, bends over and joyfully exclaims: “Who crawled here with us? ! By the way, this is the only question that does not require an answer, but Varya knows that the rest of the questions will immediately fall down one after another. And she obediently gets up and waits. 
Don’t you want a sister?” (You might think that Varya decides this!). 
Keeping books is a thing of the past! Let’s get rid of the books and immediately there will be so much free space! 
It talks about how important it is for adults to listen to their children and respect them. The fairy tale “Stupid Questions” is good for children from 4 to 7 years old to read at night. 
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Speak the target language at home with kids
Decades later, people often still remember the lyrics!
There are also lots of free Korean and Chinese shows on YouTube!
When kids are in school full-time, they are constantly creating new memories with friends in the dominant language.
Start your child’s bilingual journey by downloading this printable to-do list and action plan. Hang it on your fridge or frame it on your desk as a gentle reminder that you’ve got this!
In Switzerland, approximately 42 percent of the residents speak two or more languages every day.
They learn more than just words, they learn about a whole class of people and their customs. That can be invaluable for the rest of their lives.
Many colleges offer programs in which students study abroad.
Good picks include Chinese, Spanish, French, or German.
You’re ready to begin! But, first, here are some tips to keep in mind that will help ensure your child’s success.
And unless the parents both speak the language, it can be isolating for them at times.
It doesn’t cause a long delay and it doesn’t mean your child is falling behind.
The boy is now three years old. 
Personally, I believe that the OpOya method is optimal due to the sequence and logic of building a communication scheme. 
A child who hears speech less often in a certain language and practices it less often will learn the language more slowly than one who hears it more often and speaks it himself more. nevertheless, most likely, the girl who is concerned with the question asked will quickly learn to understand simple spoken Ukrainian, but it will take her more time to master a significant amount of words and gain conversational skills, if, of course, dad does not start communicating with her more often . 
At home, he spoke Spanish, and everything that happened during the day, he retold, translating into this language. Stefano has already grown up, but his parents still remember how he sang London Bridge Is Falling Down to them in Spanish. (“London Bridge is Falling” (English) – a popular children’s song. Approx. transl. ) 
the child can cook more in the language environment due to communication with relatives who speak to him in the language of one of the parents. if the language of communication at home is not English, then the kindergarten and school, as well as acquaintances, friends and the media, will help with the education of the latter. 
In this case, success is guaranteed. 
I. Modern approach in the system of teaching the second language to preschoolers / S. I. Shakhlovich. – Text: direct // Young scientist. – 2016. – No. 7.6 (111.6). — S. 261-263. — URL: https://moluch.ru/archive/111/27738/ (date of access: 06/18/2023).
In view of the fact that the positions of the English language are quite strong in the world and there are no trends to weaken them, it is appropriate to consider the modern approach to teaching a second language to preschool children using the example of English.
Although at present there is no single starting age range for learning a foreign language, according to Russian psychologists A. A. Leontiev, P. Ya. . Toddlers do not have a psychological barrier, and they are not afraid to make mistakes in the course of learning a second language. In addition, after six to seven years, the flexibility of the speech mechanism is lost to a certain extent, and this gives the right to argue about the expediency and timeliness of teaching a foreign language to preschoolers.
The main thing is to keep the movement for learning a second language.
Such an activity helps to gain experience in the logical representation of elements in an imaginary situation, promotes the transfer of words, phrases and grammatical structures learned by children during classes, trains visual memory, imagination and develops fine motor skills of hands.
Material should be personalized so that children can express their feelings.
.. It is also necessary to take into account the fact that there are children who perceive tactile sensations, touches better than words. They perceive information only by touching, moving, smelling and tasting. Such babies are very mobile, it is difficult for them to concentrate their attention on anything, they are easily distracted and sensitive to stressful and uncomfortable situations.
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