What are some ways parents can disappoint their children? What are some ways children can disappoint their parents? Is there ever a time children should lie for their parents or vice versa?
There are plenty of ways that parents and children can both disappoint one another, and there are for sure moments where children should lie to their parents, or vice versa. Parents can disappoint their children by not allowing them to do certain things, like go out to parties, drive around with friends, or even something as simple as not having any money to give them to do certain activities. This has happened to me personally, but there is typically a good reason behind it, and that reason is usually to protect the innocence of the child or just flat out let them know that there is no extra money to go around for extra stuff. Children can disappoint their parents by disobeying them. Children do this by sneaking out, yelling at parents, or not following the basic rules of the household. From what I recall, I don't believe that I've ever disappointed my parents, unless it was that one minor time where I wasn't home by my curfew. I believe that parents and children should be able to lie to each other in order to protect the other's feelings, innocence, and to not make the other worry about their well-being. There is no set reason to actually lie to each other as "honesty is the best policy." However, if you think of parents as the government of the United States and children as the citizens, it is better to have them not know some stuff that goes on around the world and to cover it up, or just not reveal it at all in order to protect individuals from panic and so on.
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