A three-year-old in our pre-school is always telling lies. Even when we catch him doing something naughty, he will say he didn't do it and will blame it on someone else. How can we get him to learn that he must tell the truth?
I am reminded of one of my own children who was a very picky eater and, given the chance, would have lived on just chocolate. We had a rule that he could eat chocolate but only after a meal. He was about three when one day, as I was cooking the Sunday roast, he appeared covered head to toe in chocolate - face, hands, clothes and even his glasses. There was also chocolate smeared all over the fridge door.
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