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[quote=Anonymous]I just caught my 10 yr old DS lying to me.  Not a major infraction in terms of what he was lying about (he played Wii during the school week, which he's not allowed to do), but what concerns me is that he

a) flat out lied to my face about it
b) didn't seem remotely concerned or remorseful about being caught in a lie
c) was only concerned about what or if he'd get punished for playing Wii (didn't seem to "get" that I was more concerned about the lying)

Does anyone have any suggestions about what might be an appropriate course of action?  Usually when he has done something relatively minor like play Wii when he isn't supposed to, or watch TV, etc, he just gets grounded from that for a bit.  So it's not as if he's afraid of us flipping out on him if he's caught.  Obviously nobody wants to be caught doing anything, but he's not exactly living in fear...and normally he gets punished much less for coming clean than being caught.  But I'm concerned that this is establishing a pattern, and I'm hoping to find some way to make it clear to him that this behaviour is unacceptable--something that will not just create a "better liar".

Help!  [/quote]

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