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Times of India - Harsh discipline prompts kids to lie

Published: 25 October 2011

Harsh discipline at school prompts young children into lying more readily about their misdemeanours than their peers from less stricter institutions, new research says. The study of three-and-four-year-old children indicates that in a punitive environment, they are able to tell more convincing lies than those in a non-punitive environment.

The research, led by Victoria Talwar and Kang Lee, professors at the º«¹úÂãÎè and Toronto Universities respectively, examined deceptive behaviours in two groups of children living in the same neighbourhood, the journal Child Development reports.

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