I’m a nanny and this is how I ALWAYS stop kids lying – my tips get them to confess to any fibs almost instantly
CAST your mind back to when you were a kid and chances are, you also tried to weasel your out of doing your homework and completing your choices.
But while it’s pretty easy to catch our kids out in a lie, we don’t always have the time to go through their work books or go traipsing around the house to find they haven’t actually tidied their toys away – which is where nanny Kayla Whitley comes in.
Earlier this year, the full-time child-minder posted videos on TikTok explaining how she can instantly tell if the kids are lying to her.
In one clip, Kayla catches one of the three kids playing on their iPad and asks if they’ve finished their school work.
Scared that’s she might get in trouble, the little girl just replies: “Yeah!”
Her sibling then jumps in with: “No, she’s lying.”
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Urging parents NOT to approach the situation like this, Kayla said: “Notice how when I give the kids authority (bad move), how confused I get listening to the different versions of events.”
Acting out the scenario again, Kayla enters the room and says: “I see you’re on your iPad. You know you’re not supposed to be doing that.”
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Even though the little girl tries to lie again, this time Kayla replies: “You did it? Are you sure? Because I feel like you may be telling me a story. I’ll give you one more chance to be truthful.”
Addressing parents watching the clip, the childminder said: “Give them one more chance to be truthful. Give them a warning that you know they are lying.”
When pushed again, the girl Kayla looks after does then come clean.
Alternatively, the nanny urged viewers to remind kids of the consequences of not doing their homework.
Give them one more chance to be truthful. Give them a warning that you know they are lying.
This time round, she tells the child: “Hey, you know that not doing your homework only hurts you, right?
“It doesn’t do anything to me. You’re going to get a bad grade, you might have to repeat the second grade. Are you sure you finished it?”
Needless to say, this approach also worked a treat and the little girl put the iPad down herself.
Kayla’s account has amassed over 500,000 views and parents loved her suggestions.
One replied: “I love how you give them two chances! Great learning tool. I think we automatically lie sometimes not out of defiance but out of self protection.”
Another added: “I started early showing my son that telling the truth will never cause me to get angry and hes 7 now and honestly never lies.”
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