50 Lies Kids And Teens Like To Come Up With (6 of 8)

Staying Up Late

There’s plenty of stories about coming home late or staying up late anyway. Part of those stories will usually comprise of one of these lines.

If your kid is getting back home late or past their curfew one line is “I was late getting home because of traffic.”

That’s a big lie, after all we all know just how busy the late night rush hour can be.

Another is while they’re at home and want to stay up longer. This lie is “I’m just going to play this video game for two more minutes.” Or it could be some other form of entertainment.

Whether it’s video games or sleep, this line is a lie. It was Albert Einstein who said “the dividing line between past, present, and future is an illusion.” Suggesting that time is meaningless. They have no intention of turning the game off or getting more sleep or whatever. You’ll start believing that when you see it with your own two eyes.

Some kids will show some more complacency and go to bed… kinda. One line they might pull is “When you close the door, I’ll go right to sleep.” It’s another deceptive line in this age of rampant technology.

Unless you’ve got some measures in place to handle technology, there’s good odds they’ll whip out their phone or their Gameboy and start playing.

The last one is another deceptive one like “I was studying.” Unless your kid is highly studious, replace studying with “up looking at a screen” and that would be more accurate.