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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!

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Rick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lesson #2. Tell your kids we’re going to go to Disneyland 5 years later and never do or tell them that we’ll go to (insert place here) next week but never do :)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is awful. I have an intense fear of cameras from my grandparents telling me that. You basically created a crap ton of trust issues and fears by telling them that and then LETTING them believe it for years.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ALL of these are messed up. You want a wellbalanced kid? Sit em down and explain EVERY SINGLE TIME like is their freaking job.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I don't know about this one...what if something really bad happens in their room, and they think you knew about it (because of the cameras) and didn't care (because you didn't do anything about it)?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When the kids learn about modesty and getting undressed...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

dangerous thing to do, if your child tells that to anyone you could get CPS called on you for lack of privacy

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Huh, my mother didn't need bloody cameras, she had (what am I saying, HAS) mother radar

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The old fashion tvs, picture tube, had a very high sound, even when the sound was off. I can hear that sound throug the walls, so I always knew when my daughter was warching tv instead of sleeping. I told her it was because, I was an adult, that I just knew, when she was doing something, she wasn't suppose to do. Worked like magic, I had the sweetest child.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom said she put a camera in our room to tell if we were reading under the covers

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A did this for a while...not told them, actually had a camera. In full view so I could be certain who was getting out of bed and messing around. It didn't stay long, and now it's just "do I need to put it back??"

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