Hi everyone.
Just writing here as I’m a bit baffled about this to be honest.
Yesterday afternoon, on the school run, one of the mums came up to me and asked if DD was okay, I said yes why? And she explained how one of the other mums had said to her that my daughter told their son that DDs father was in a car accident and died.
This is not true, and quite a horrible lie.
I was shocked that she would say something like this (DD is 9 years old).
Now, she doesn’t see her father much, it has been this way since she was a baby. He never calls or texts and she sees him a handful of times a year. I think as she is getting older she is realising his absence - I am not sure if this has anything to do with the lie.
I asked DD why she said that, and why she thinks it is ok to lie and she said ‘my head told me to say it, I knew I shouldn’t have, but I just did it, I’m sorry’
I gave her a talking to about how it is not ok to lie, that we should always think before we speak, and that the lie was hurtful. And she seemed sorry.
I didn’t push any further. She won’t tell me why she lied about something like this.
I am just confused about why she would lie about this. I don’t expect answers, just a WWYD in this situation?
She seems happy at home and I don’t think she is having trouble with any of the children in her class.
It’s all very strange. I’m not sure how to deal with it.