January 2002

Kids lie. It's just the way it is. But my youngest son has taken lying to another level. One day he was running out of the house in his bare feet. I stopped him and said, "You can't go out without your shoes on!" He replied, "My shoes ARE on!"

I couldn't get over this. "Joe, if you're gonna lie, at least say something like, I can't find my shoes."

He replied, "OK, I lost my shoes."

"No, Joe, you did not lose your shoes."

"Oh, that's right, I forgot, I got them on."