Parker Lies Again

My ethical boy seems to have found something he likes: lying.

Yesterday he didn't eat much of his lunch at school. I asked him why not since he usually eats all of it. He said that Circle Time went really long and lunch was really short. Sounded plausible.

Today, he did it again but ate almost nothing. So I asked him again while we were still at school why he didn't eat his lunch. He thought for a moment and then said, "Mrs. Loey didn't let us have a long lunch again and I didn't have time to eat it."

So we went over to Mrs. Loey and I said, "Parker hasn't eaten his lunch two days in a row and he says the reason is because you have been doing long circle times and this is making lunch short."

She responds: "No that isn't the case, but some kids do like to socialize too much during the 30 minute lunch time and this keeps them from eating."

Parker then says, "Ryan and Charlie were making me laugh so much during lunch that I didn't have time to eat."

I found the whole thing pretty sweet actually. He's got friends that make him laugh. That's more important than lunch on some days I think.