

So giving blanket statements like "it's not okay to lie!" or "always tell the truth!" isn't necessarily the best approach to take because it will miss out on those nuances. So it can be tricky for many kids (okay, adults too!) to figure out these unspoken rules about when to tell the truth and when it might be okay to tell a little white lie. Sometimes - and in certain social situations - lying is okay, but other times, definitely not. Various related topics such as gossip, rumors, and fake news are also included. Printable and video social stories for kids are included below.


They are never what they appear to be, and so you never know what they will turn into.A collection of free social stories about lying and telling the truth. In this way, the palace of lies became weaker and weaker, and in the end it completely fell to pieces.Īt this, everyone, including the lying spirits, understood that you cannot use lies for anything. And so, little by little, it became clear that whenever a lie was discovered, the brick that it had created changed its form, was crushed, and finally disappeared. A little later another brick turned into sand, and then another turned into glass, and smashed.

One of the bricks turned into a cardboard box. As a result, their palace became bigger and more spectacular.īut one day, something strange happened in the palace of lies. These spirits were successful, and started getting many more bricks. So much so that the lying spirits, who were much more tricky and deceitful, sent a group of spirits to the world to get children to tell more and more lies. Both palaces were impressive - the best in the world - and each group of spirits worked hard to try to make sure that their own palace was the best. Each brick was created when a child told a lie. In just the same way was the palace of lies built. The spirits of truth would then take it and add it to the growing walls. Every time a child told the truth, a brick was created for the palace of truth. Once upon a time all the spirits set about building two palaces a palace of truth, and a palace of lies.
