Lying is a common childhood behaviour and if not checked it can lead to false arrests, hospital stay, wrong punishment to wrong person and basically collapse of societies and nations.
Listen on how to respond and correct lying. Here is a link if you would like a book about how to teach your kids to tell the truth.
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