<p>So another question for parents might be… if your teen lies to you, but comes to you and fesses up before you find out, do they still lose your trust? This would be a confession that is made, not because their cover is about to be blown open wide, but because they truly felt bad about it. </p>
<p>I suspect most of us would give our kiddos a pass on one or two instances of this and a record of proven behavior afterwards, as opposed to finding out about a lie afterwards only because they’re about to get into some big trouble and need our help.</p>