Teaching Honesty to your Preschooler

To a 2-year-old, the line between truth and falsehood is a fuzzy one. Until she’s 3 or 4, your child won’t be capable of grasping the concept of truth – something that’s backed up by facts – and so she won’t understand lying either. While she can be held responsible for her behavior, she can’t really be held responsible for lying about it since she doesn’t understand what lying is.