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Balloon boy controversy: Would you ask your kids to lie?
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If the "balloon boy" controversy turns out to be true--that the whole thing was a hoax--it means that the parents asked their children to lie.
First, the older boy would have been asked to lie about seeing his six-year-old brother untether the balloon and get into it. And the six-year-old, Falcon, would have been asked to lie about the whole thing. Plus, he would have to tell the lie about hiding in the attic above the garage being scared because his dad yelled at him.
Again, if this all turns out to be a hoax, that's an awfully big lie to expect a six-year-old to remember. In the musical "Into the Woods" there's a song that says, "Everyone tells tiny lies. What's important really is the size." Do you believe that?
This begs a larger question. Would you ask your children to lie? Have you asked your children to lie?
The conversation continues with you.
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