50 Lies Kids And Teens Like To Come Up With (2 of 8)

Shifting The Blame

You see this behaviour in adults today, but part of it might be influenced by the lie when you were a child. The line “he/she started it!”

In so many cases, kids feel compelled to do that for one reason. That reason being they’ve been caught red-handed and don’t want to be the only one taking all the blame.

This is only the tip of the iceberg, as there are other examples of excuses. One is feigning ignorance through the line “I don’t know how it happened. Maybe something happened when I was away.”

This line can be used in various situations, but the idea suggests that the accident was something out of the kid’s control. While that can be pretty convincing, the fact remains and they would probably have brought this up sooner if they weren’t responsible.

One other classic is simply “I forgot.” This can fly when you’re older and are juggling responsibilities from work, life, and other things.

But for a teenager or child who has literally no responsibilities, “I forgot” is a lie and what they meant to say was “What you told me isn’t as interesting as my other interests.”

If your kid is one to get into fights, one lie you’ll hear is “I didn’t start the fight, I was breaking it up.” Of course. The only way to break up a fight is by getting in there and fighting some more. Since when has a fire been stopped by pouring more fire or gasoline on it?

Another classic line these days is “My phone died.” This is a big lie, seeing as kids today depend heavily on their phone for everything. These days it’s highly unlikely for their phone to be dead. Unless your kid really has no care at all for technology.

The last one is utter denial like the line “I didn’t order this. They must’ve made a mistake.”

Teens will come up with anything to deny they ordered stuff. Especially if they are ordering on your dime. Numbers never tell lies. Another iteration of this is “I didn’t get your text.”