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While it’s easy to judge parents for all of the wrongs they do when it comes to making their kids behave, it’s once you become a parent yourself that you understand that there’s a spectrum of what’s actually wrong and what’s still kinda sorta OK because otherwise you’d crack under the pressure of parenting.

One of the many things that most parents resort to, though still with a certain degree of caution, is white lies, which are, if anything, cute and kind of a long-term investment that will end in laughs in the future.

Image credits: Louisa Mac (not the actual photo)

A tweeter by the handle of @Lhlodder shared one such lie that her friend uses to make her kids buckle up for the car ride, saying that the car won’t start unless they are all wearing seat belts. This inspired others to share their white lies, whether they're the ones duping or the ones who were duped.

Bored Panda has collected the best of the best tweets from the thread and created a neat little curated list for y’all to enjoy, so go vote and comment on them. And while you’re at it, share some of your cutesy white lies in the comment section below!

Image credits: Lhlodder

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Rick
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4 years ago

Also interchangeable with the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and Halloween Ghosts.

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    May
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    4 years ago

    Let me guess - noisy toy?

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    Evil Hornet
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    4 years ago

    Not only their teeth will benefit from that good habbit ;)

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    Henry Russell
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    4 years ago (edited)

    also you dont want to poop in the middle of a routine

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    Soda the Snake
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    4 years ago

    So we sleep with our eyes open now?

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    K Witmer
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    4 years ago

    I told my daughter she had to eat as much vegetables and fruit as she ate junk to counteract the junk food. She'd fill up on fruit and vegetables and be too full for any junk food. I think that's why she's a vegetarian now too

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    IsABELLA
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    4 years ago

    I'm writing this down

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    Henry Russell
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    4 years ago

    well at least thats a cute story

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    Emerald Ocean
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    4 years ago

    Genius

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    Ragnhild Nilsen
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    My girls were about eight before they could cross a street without holding the hand of an adult. They never asked about rules or anything, that's just how things ARE.

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    Terry Tobias
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    19?!!

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    Evil Hornet
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That is a clever one

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    Solar_Eclipse
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ah, dad tax. Nothing better.

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    Rachel Cobb
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    My parents told me this one. 🥲

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    Evil Hornet
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That's actually cruel :P

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    Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Not too similar but made me think of it as I was the top bunk ( and the older) sister! Our mum used to tell me that it's really bad luck to go to bed with the wardrobes or the drawers in your bedroom left open. Like, you'd get nightmares or just bad luck the next day. So this seemed perfectly rationally to me well into my adult years (I guess as much as any other superstition would) A couple of years ago I asked her where that superstition came from and she said, "oh, it was just to make you tidy up and put everything away before you went to bed." And it bloody worked. I'm in my 30's now and still do it out of habit! Sneaky mum.

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    Hannah Edwards
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    4 years ago

    Granny Weatherwax had this issue, legitimate problem for some people.

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    Ellie Rosser
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    4 years ago

    Heaven forbid we just tell kids they are not allowed to watch tv whenever they want.

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    Sofia Gonzalez
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    4 years ago

    That's precious

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    PenitentEyeball
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Nah mate, that’s the button that makes the car explode ;)

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    Kanuli
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Lava cake 🤤

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    Rez Fidel
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Not sure if this is good....

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    IsABELLA
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    they were some kids that broke the law and went in so they had to put signs to make sure every one knows

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    El muerto
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    4 years ago

    in elder days before Netflix and tablets, primitive men, would posses hard copies of movies and music. this primitiv people would sometimes go places were there was no signal and nobody knew what parents and their children did for hours...it was a short and brutish life

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    Kanuli
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    4 years ago (edited)

    Ehm. There actually are cakes which are sensitive to vibrations, no? Loud noises and especially stomping can make them deflate, or am I mistaken?

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    Soda the Snake
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    4 years ago

    Evilly perfect

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    Chintan Shah
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    4 years ago

    I don't even see the point of this lie.. he could have just as easily pointed to the engine temperature gauge and said when the car is "in the warm area"...

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    K Witmer
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    4 years ago

    Eyes in the black of my head trick worked for a while. She would be amazed especially in the car. She did not know i could see her in the rearview mirror. Even when she was still backwards in her car seat.

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    Kanuli
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    4 years ago

    How to generate trust issues. Lesson #1.

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    PenitentEyeball
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    4 years ago

    The roadside panhandler obviously sells pans (joke)

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    May
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    4 years ago

    That would have made me deliberately leave toys out, so they would have something to play with and so that they would like me

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    Yort
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    4 years ago

    Hey guess what, smart people watch tv too.

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    Hans YAN
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    4 years ago

    dude, builderman died long ago

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    Solar_Eclipse
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    There ya go, that's how you do it.

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    Kanuli
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    4 years ago

    What is the reason to tell Kids this? Fear of suffocating?

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    Spriots
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    4 years ago

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    Evil Hornet
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    4 years ago

    Never... leave... family... member... behind!

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