Babies Lie

piercehawkeye45 · 07-01-2007, 09:14 PM

By subtle hints but I don't really buy into that.

For example, I believe that babies are taught to be selfish by observing the world around the in relation to possession. Mom has her car, her clothes, her purse, etc and it is only common sense to assume that babies will pick up on that and want "their" toys, etc. That is hard to dispute though because it is impossible in our society to be raised without words that indicate possession (my, her’s, his’, their, our, etc) but it would be interesting to find out. Too bad that experiment would be considered unethical…

Back to lies, I can't think of a situation where babies will pick up on lies because they do not understand what truth is and it makes sense that lies have to do with instinct to build creativity.

07-01-2007, 09:14 PM	#5
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	By subtle hints but I don't really buy into that. For example, I believe that babies are taught to be selfish by observing the world around the in relation to possession. Mom has her car, her clothes, her purse, etc and it is only common sense to assume that babies will pick up on that and want "their" toys, etc. That is hard to dispute though because it is impossible in our society to be raised without words that indicate possession (my, her’s, his’, their, our, etc) but it would be interesting to find out. Too bad that experiment would be considered unethical… Back to lies, I can't think of a situation where babies will pick up on lies because they do not understand what truth is and it makes sense that lies have to do with instinct to build creativity.

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