When is it okay to lie or is it ever okay to lie? We've all told the little white lie and if you haven't then you are telling your first by denying you ever have. We embellish our position in business to come from a point of power. We talk to an ex and don't tell a current partner. We drop a few pounds when we reveal our weight to others. Are all those things okay or do they lead to bigger lies that spread a web of deceit so deep that we don't know what's true and what isn't any longer? I find myself wondering when it became so second nature to people to not just fib a little but all out lie to the people they "care" about...the people they represent as their constituency....the people they sleep next to each night.
I try to raise my kids by example. I try to be brutally honest with them when they ask me things that I'm not always comfortable talking about but I don't want to steal their innocence either. I try to keep them involved in things like the debates and the current economic situation. It is hard to explain to "tweens" and new teenager how these people who are running for office twist the truth and tell their version of the truth and how that really isn't okay. Between the dirty politics and the people we meet day to day a parents job is never done explaining the difference between what is morally and ethically right and what as a society we've grown to accept. I guess I am starting to see a theme in my posts...doing the right thing isn't always the popular thing or the easy thing. More ramblings to come....
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