Many examples of information that individuals believed as children, but later realized to be false were shared after the redditor ‘Murky-Razzmatazz-393’ started a discussion on the topic. They asked members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community what were the things they used to consider to be true, and many took a trip down memory lane. Scroll down to find their answers on the list below and see if you used to believe any of the same tales.
Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with Associate Professor at Columbia Business School, author of The Secret Life of Secrets, Michael Slepian, who was kind enough to comment on how white lies can affect people and relationships.
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SlackPriestess , Louis Bauer / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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“Whether it’s getting them to put on their seatbelt, telling them how good their drawing is, or allowing them to hold on to their youth, we often intend to protect children and protect their feelings with these kinds of white lies.”
Surveys suggest that quite a few parents have told white lies to their little ones, with some of the most popular ones—in Britain, at least—being the fact that eating carrots will help them see in the dark, that Santa knows if they’ve been bad or good, and that too much screen time can make one’s eyes square.
ttampico , Keira Burton / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
PetiteBustyMyra , A n v e s h / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
Taters0290 , Pierce Martin / flickr (not the actual photo) Report
so_illogical , Tirachard Kumtanom / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
DreamyMeats , Ioann-Mark Kuznietsov / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
“When parents have good relationships with their children, learning about these prosocial lies should not have any long-lasting harm. But when parents have less healthy relationships with their children, then these deceptions may be evaluated differently. If a lie is seen as selfish or patronizing, learning of the lie will hurt more,” the expert explained.
ONEofWON , Floh Keitgen / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
porkymandiamondversi , Ksenia Makagonova / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
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Evo009 , Rod Long / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
Far_Meal8674 , Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
cuntofmontecrisco , ML5 / Wikipedia (not the actual photo) Report
Royal_Confidence24 , Luke Miller / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
APuticulahInduhvidul Report
Coconut-Princes94 Report
LiveFreeDieRepeat , Orlando Ferguson Report
ZapRowsdowerlegend , Hanson Lu / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
Combination_Chill , Athanasius Kircher / Wikipedia (not the actual photo) Report
ChokeOnMyBigToe , Colin Lloyd / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
bacon_reese , João Lucas Lagos / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Oxfxax , Marco Oriolesi / unsolash (not the actual photo) Report
MangoSuccessful1662 Report
nsmith0723 , Mohamed Nohassi / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
Pale_Nobody428 , Fiaz Mohammed / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
flatstacy , Odonata Wellnesscenter / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
X023 Report
Jonathan Pielmayer / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
Ferociouspenguin718 , Igor Érico / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
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