I hope this does not offend anyone. I am just voicing out some frustration. Thanks.
When Children Lie
-1-
Fresh young teacher, newly wed
Sits on the witness stand,
He’s afraid to look at the judge,
He’s afraid to look at his peers.
Guilty, Guilty, their eyes scream.
She’s only thirteen, thought it would be neat
He failed her on the test last week
So she thought she’d get him back, alright
Told the guidance counselor he had touched her.
-2-
Monday evening, dinner time Mom sets the table
Banging banging on the door, two social services
Andt the sheriff, looking at her with hostility
Her daughter told some friends she’d been raped.
Now they need to investigate house and home
Husband could be the one to take the blame
Children will be taken out of the house.
She thought she’d be the best in class if she said it.
-3-
A little girl falls down off her bike
The bruise is red and swollen
A neighbor asks her what happened, the
Girl is young, she can’t remember, but she
Remembers that she got spanked last night.
Mommy did it. The little girl lies
Hoping to get her mommy in trouble since
She got in trouble, too.
-4-
When children lie, it’s like a spiral
Eternally winding down, down
And the disasters that can prevail from
Innoncent lips, imagination, selfishness,
And ignorance to the rule of cause and effect.
And yet everyone is willing to believe the child
And ignore the parents’protest.
Why would a child lie? They ask.
Any book on children can tell you…
It’s just what children do.

Yet, now there are consequences when children lie,
And it is not the child that pays it.