I think you do have to be careful with kids who lie when it can cause trouble for someone.
My friend’s son started telling lies about people and realised it got him attention.
To start with it was nothing too serious, I don’t remember the exact details but he lied to his auntie that his mum had said his stepdad had borrowed money from his money box and then paid it back. His auntie was obviously interested and asked lots of questions so he started to make up other similar lies, like his stepdad ate his packed lunch and his mum had to give him dinner money, and on another occasion his mum lost her temper and said she preferred his half brother and wished she’d never had him.
It wasn’t till the final lie when it had escalated to his dog was given away because his step dad said he didn’t deserve it that his auntie confronted her sister (his mum) and then he admitted that he’d been saying it for attention and he knew it would cause concerns but didn’t care.
The dog was still at home and his step dad was working away when he’d said he’d eaten his lunch so luckily it was easily proved to be lies.
He was 11 and got on very well with his stepdad who had brought him up from being a baby so his stepdad was devastated.
My friend had a long talk with her son and he promised not to do it again, she was called into school soon afterwards about more concerning lies including his stepdad wouldn’t let him sleep at night and his mum bought his half brother gifts and took him for days out with sweets and McDonald’s and he was left at home alone and told to do cleaning.
It got to the point where social services got involved and even though some of the lies were ridiculous and he admitted to telling them, they had to be investigated.
It blew over for few months after that but then there were lots of similar incidents to the one in the OP.
Lots of friends of parents asked about when the new baby was due and one of her sons best friends mum asked was the baby getting his room leaving him without one?
My friend was also asked by a neighbour if her son stayed at home when the rest of the family went to Disney land and offered to look after him if it happened again.
She asked by several people if his stepdad in jail for fraud and other similar worrying lies.
Some kids thrive off the attention and things like that are going to make adults pay attention over listening about mine craft and Lego. If cameras had been as common back when my friends son was young then I’m sure my friend would have had them all over! but I appreciate that’s a different scenario than in the OP.
The lad is 23 now and still lies, he’s lived with grandparents since he was 14 because of it but he’s lied about them too, he’s just not believed anymore.
Lots of kids tell innocent lies but the girl in the OP just needed to say she wasn’t offered burgers if she wanted super noodles, I think you can’t ignore it when there are accusations. She was obviously believed and given attention by her mum as well so had the perfect response to encourage her to do it again.
If I was the OP then I wouldn’t invite this child to my house again. I do find it frustrating that this is another occasion where the OP has made a semi controversial post (mentioning cameras was bound to gain comments) and not been back to respond or elaborate.
I can’t work out what the point is? Do they read the responses even? Is it just to waste peoples time or do they enjoy getting people wound up and arguing?
I have wondered before if the threads where OP posts once are some kind of social experiment? I usually check if OP has returned but I’m wasting time on a night shift on my break so it doesn’t really matter! I’m not losing sleep or missing out on anything in life 😂.