Ds is going through a phase of telling lies and although I know it's probably very normal, I'd like some advice on how I should be dealing with it. They're not great big black lies on the whole, more silly little ones for seemingly no reason. For example telling his friends and cm that he owns 5 onesies (he has none) and telling us he's been sent out of the classroom for bad behaviour (he hasn't, his teachers report that he's an angel). Some of them are obvious lies but not all. He told his teacher that the mark on his face was caused by dh. He told his cm it was caused by another child at school. He told me it was caused by a cat. He told his grandparents he didn't have a toothbrush as it had broken and been thrown away. I've used the story of the boy who cried wolf, he understands it. I've explained that it's important to tell the truth in age appropriate terms. But our concern is that if someone genuinely does hurt him, we need to know he is telling the truth. And the last thing I'd want to do is assume he was lying and crush his trust in us if it were in fact true. Any advice on dealing with this please? Or should we just ignore and hope he grows out of it? I know he's exploring boundaries again and it's tied up with starting reception but we need to be able to believe him on the important things!