My 14 yr old son is a compulsive liar

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Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with a compulsive liar. It's not the big things, it is constantly the small things, like, have you cleaned your teeth, did you eat all the chocolates, have you made your bed, have you done your homework.. everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie!!!
Is there any advice out there on what to do about this??
Please help...

I would nt call that compulsive lying, he just does n’t want to get into trouble, he sees it as nagging. Lay off the questions.

I have the same here with a 14 year old Dd. She lies about all of the above and a lot more besides. Mainly things that she knows she should have done or shouldn’t have done if that makes sense. She would lie about eating all the crisps or chocolate biscuits, breaking something or tidying her room, making her bed etc etc. She also lies about being on her periods and hides her soiled pants etc. I think she does it to avoid hassle in the short term. I don’t have a solution but I know how infuriating it is.

Not been there, but I know an often-stressed idea when kids are like this is to make sure you don't end up labelling them a liar to their face, eg saying 'You're such a liar', 'Lying as usual', 'Why can't you tell the truth for once' Not saying you're doing any of those things, but if you find yourself inclined to see everything about DS through the lens of 'liar' it becomes a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I know the advice is 'How to talk so kids will listen...' (buy a copy if you haven't got one) is to help reframe them positively. Eg for a kid who lies a lot, praise honesty and help see themselves as a honest, reliable person, not a liar.