The lies common among students should not be underestimated, says psychiatrist Patrice Hoyer, in an interview with the French newspaper "la-croix", where he talked about the reasons why students lie, saying that some teenagers lie a lot, or rather they tell each other. Stories they believe, just as they did when they were children.

In either case, the lie aims to avoid the negatives of the truth, such as circumventing the risk of being punished;

But this position is not limited to young people only.

A child who lies at age 3 or 4 will tend to do the same at age 12 or 13 (Getty Images)

Why might a teenager lie?

However, not all teens lie;

Because it depends on their personalities.

Some have a broad imagination, while others are very realistic.

But surely a child who lies at the age of 3 or 4 will tend to do the same at the age of 12 or 13.

With puberty, the personality of the adolescent differs and reactivates the stage of opposition that he previously lived;

But he does it according to his childhood.

Somehow, he's writing a new chapter in his life based on the previous chapters.

Moreover, when the correct principles of the relationship with the truth are not established at the beginning, the teen will lie a lot again.

Punishing the child in the same way for various mistakes encourages him to hide and thus to lie (communication sites)

How parents are treated

The specialist answered the newspaper's question to him about how parents deal with this problem, that unlike young children, whose lies are often easily revealed, adolescents can make up more convincing stories, as he knows his parents well, and thus knows the hadiths that they believe.

Often a teenager is able to "tell" a story that an adult would like to hear, because it somewhat matches his or her beliefs.

For this reason, parents should validate everything he says, without asking him a direct question.

Parents encourage children with broad imaginations to write stories (Getty Images)

Distinguish between reality and fiction

About the age at which we should be concerned about children's lies, Heuer says that at the age of 6 or 7, a child is able to distinguish between reality and fiction.

He must also understand that there is a gradation between the prohibitions.

Thus he can develop certain skills;

So you have to worry when he does not acquire this ability.

According to Hoyer, to help the child, both parents and the school must try to be fair in their penalties, as if the child is punished in the same way for various errors, this will create a kind of fog in him, which encourages him to hide and thus to lie.

In addition, we must help very creative kids, those with broad imagination, to guide this skill.

They can be encouraged to write stories, for example, with the need to invite them to commit to conveying facts when telling real events.