{"id":12170,"date":"2014-02-18T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T16:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=12170"},"modified":"2014-02-19T16:48:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T22:48:17","slug":"literally-lying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2014\/20140218-12170.htm","title":{"rendered":"Literally Lying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Names and other details have been changed to comply with HIPAA; otherwise, this story is closely based on a true story :-)<\/em><\/p>\n

“Are you going to get Shirley some new food?” she asked.<\/p>\n

I agreed that yes I was–I would be back in a few minutes.<\/p>\n

I returned with checks in hand, delivered them to Sherry and Shirley’s mom, and wished the family a good day.<\/p>\n

“She said she was going to get Shirley some new food.” Sherry told her mom. <\/p>\n

Mom explained. “She did. She gave me checks, which are sort of like money so I can get Shirley her food. Now we have to go to the grocery store to get the food.”<\/p>\n

“Can I tell her something?” Sherry asked her mother.<\/p>\n

When Mom said yes, Sherry turned to me. “You said that you were going to give Shirley some new food.”<\/p>\n

I tried to explain while Mom laughed, “Sherry, you take this so literally.”<\/p>\n

Finally, I realized that the abstractness of a check was beyond Sherry’s 3 year old mind. “I’m sorry, Sherry. I should have been more clear. I was going to get checks so your mom could buy Shirley some new food.”<\/p>\n

As Sherry and her family left, I heard mom trying to explain again while Sherry continued to insist: “But she said<\/i> she was going to get Shirley some new food<\/i>.”<\/p>\n

There’s never a boring moment when you’re working with kids.<\/p>\n

Have you ever unintentionally “lied” to a child?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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