There have been a few minor incidences recently, then the other night I sent her into the bathroom to clean her teeth. There were 2 toothbrushes there on the work top. She swore blind they had disappeared. I opened the bathroom cupboard and she had obviously just stuck them inside.
We had a chat, I stressed on the seriousness of telling fibs, especially as she is allowed out in the street/to neighbours houses etc at the weekend, and it is important that I can trust her to tell the truth....
Tonight she had a shower, and was fiddling with the key in the bathroom door. When dh took her up to bed a bit later, the key had disappeared and the door was locked. She swore to him she knew nothing about it. As I know very well it was there when we were in the bathroom I went up and asked her to tell me where it was. She had hidden it.
She is normally allowed a dvd in bed on a Saturday night. I turned that off and told her that I was very disappointed that she needed to lie about such a silly thing.
I don't know what to do next though. I said in my previous conversation that she would get no tv for a week the next time I caught her telling fibs. That seems a bit harsh maybe. I don't know what this hiding thing is all about though. I asked her if she could tell me WHY she did this but she looks at me blankly.
She's a bright girl and I guess I can't understand why she would do these things then lie about it. It's silly, nothing things really, but I HATE lying and want her to understand that it is a bad thing.
Any ideas?