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How to Teach Kids Not to Be 'Too' Honest (and Why You Should)

Little kids have this way of being brutally honest in all facets of their life (that is, when they’re not telling an obvious lie about eating all the cupcakes, even as their face is smeared with icing). Many young children prize honesty and, when they’re still too young to understand how their words might hurt, offend, or embarrass someone else, they can say some real cringeworthy things.