social and moral development /channels/taxonomy/term/12591/all en The truth about lying? Children’s perceptions get more nuanced with age /channels/news/truth-about-lying-children%E2%80%99s-perceptions-get-more-nuanced-age-263168 <p>Parents don’t like it when children lie. But what do the kids themselves think about it? New research suggests truth telling isn’t black and white.</p> <p>As children get older, their moral evaluations of both lies and truths is increasingly influenced by whether they think this behaviour will cause harm to either others or themselves.</p> Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:15:42 +0000 webfull 121832 at /channels