There was always the #1 rule in our house, which was not to lie; Everyone made mistakes, however you had to own up to them.
Once you lied, then you had to continue lying to cover up the first lie you started with, and my son broke that rule several weeks ago. Sam kept telling us he had a task, plus he was working for the local Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C business. Neither of us believed Sam, because he had no viable skills for a job at the local Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C business. When he said he was sweeping plus learning all of the inventory, it made more sense, however he never came house dirty plus looked just as fresh as when he left for work. Some evenings, Sam would come house late, however our spouse wouldn’t question him about it. Sam told me the boy was eighteen, plus the people I was with and I had to supply Sam some leeway. He was living with us, plus I was sure he was lying about his task. I followed Sam one afternoon, which made our spouse quite irritated. I wanted to guess what he was entirely doing. When Sam went into the community college, I was dumbfounded. Why would our son be lying plus telling me that he was going to job when he was in school? This made little sense. I went to our spouse with the info l received, however he said nothing to me; Later that evening, he said Sam was going to school for Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C, plus working his way through trade school by working at the local Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C business. Sam wanted to surprise me when he graduated in several more months.