Lies do no favours for children

IF the wind changes, your face will stay like that”, “carrots help you see in the dark”, ‘watching too much TV gives you square eyes”.

We’ve all been told these fibs by our parents and we’ve probably told them ourselves.

In a recent British survey of more than 1,300 adults, 93% of respondents admitted telling lies to their children. Among top parental lies were: If you keep pulling that face, it’ll stay that way; the toy shop is closed today; watching too much TV will give you square eyes; Mummy and Daddy are allergic to puppies/kittens.