Toddlers who lie make great City bankers in adult life...

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research shows the ability to fib age two is an asset.

Not that this confirms my own prejudices at all...

Mine are doomed to unsuccessful lives then....they look SO guilty when they try to lie

Blimey, mine will be a sqillionaire then.

haha, all the 2yo's I know tell fibs

Don't know about that but my dh, who worked in the City for 20 odd years, used to sell his toys to his younger siblings...

Dd2 is destined for greatness in that case. Although the feasibility of the lie may let her down.

Would anyone believe the dog drew on the sofa? Poured nail varnish on the floor? Ate the last yoghurt?

Or that dd1 got up and wee'd in dd2's bed? Or came home from school to pull out the dvds and then walked back to school unnoticed?

Although she does look very sincere when she lies. Not at all guilty

squeaver his parents must have known he was going to do well!

Shiny, I once tried to convince my mother my little sister, aged 2, had cut my fringe with the heavy pinking shears... oddly enough she didn't fall for it.

Oh yes we obviously have a future millionaire living under this roof

Love the comment about the City. Not that I would dream of casting aspersions on bankers. I'm sure Goldman Sachs really believed those products they created for clients to bet against were actually going to do well...

Being plausible, manipulative sociopaths, they probably did.