Desk Report: Children who lie early in their life tend to have much better cognitive abilities, a study claims.
“As parents and teachers — and society as a whole — we always worry that if a kid lies, there will be terrible consequences,” said Kang Lee from the University of Toronto in Canada.
“But it turns out there is a big difference between kids who lie earlier and those who lie later. The kids who lie earlier tend to have much better cognitive abilities,” Lee said.
However, the researchers caution that it is not a good idea to throw out conventional wisdom and actually teach kids to lie.
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