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Tip-Off #185 - What do you want?

Tip-Off #185 - What do you want?

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William Green
Feb 23, 2025
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"Lucas, that's just a story." Parents still commonly use gentle corrections like this to address untruths, though approaches vary widely. Some parents prefer phrases like "That's not quite what happened" or "Let's stick to the facts."

Meanwhile, we tell stories to children, sometimes every night. The best have a moral: "The Three Little Pigs" shows that…

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