Is Hiding The Truth From Children

In 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology, Stephanie Ericsson’s essay “The Ways We Lie” focuses on the many ways society lies today. “We exaggerate, we minimize, we avoid confrontation, we spare people’s feelings, we conveniently forget, we keep secrets, we justify lying to the big-guy institutions” (159). It is common for many people to think of lying exactly how it is on the surface, not telling the truth. Ericsson’s essay forces you to second guess this stereotype and begin to realize that lying is even more prevalent in today’s society than most people might imagine. Looking around today with this mindset would help us make more informed political decisions, better decisions on friends, and better “next-step” positions. Our lives are not horrible places, but better steps for these areas of our lives could improve our lives dramatically.

In the article “It’s the truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying” the author believes that lying is only justified if it doesn’t hurt anyone. The author supports his claim by stating “Apparently white lies are acceptable, even necessary, part of many lives-even though we dislike the idea of lying.” This supports his claim by saying that lying is sometimes necessary. Also, the article states that 65 percent of Americans voted that it was ok to lie sometimes. This also helps his claim by stating that people will lie to protect each other or to not cause harm. The author also supports his claim by stating “Not only is lying justified, It is sometimes a moral duty.” (Randy Cohen) This also supports the claim by saying sometimes you have to lie

A son ponders about writing a novel about his father and his story about how he had survived the Holocaust. The son wants to write about the stories that he remembers being told in his childhood. They were not always told the stories as a child but had to wait to be told the story when they are grown up. In the story, Artie always knew that his father had survived the Holocaust, but was never told the

We are told from a very young that we should tell the truth, and that lying is wrong; an immoral action which we should not engage in. Yet lying is a large part of daily life, whether it be our lying to others or others lying to us, around us, or lying in ways that affect our lives. Oftentimes, the lies we tell are for social gain; for the purposes of esteem, affection, or respect. We lie as a way to manage others impressions of us. Studies have found that women are generally more intimate in their interactions, which would suggest that they lie less. However, might women lie more to benefit others, as opposed to self-centered lies? A study by DePaul et al. (1996) set out to answers questions about the frequency of lying, types of lies told,

The long term impact on someone who has lied in a major way such as from which country they have come from is hard to access. For some, the opportunity to reinvent themselves or to drawn a line from the past offers them an opportunity to begin again. How realistic this is in realty is another question. Indeed, hiding from the truth of who you are and where you have come from an impact on your ability to have close and intimate relationships. Fearful of the truth being discovered can incur the cost of being lonely. You also have to have a very good memory leaving the person being seen as disingenuous as they fail to remember all that they say. One young man I cared for found himself community less as he lied about the country he came from so

Honesty and deception both play valuable roles in all parts of personal lives and society. Richard Gunderman stated, “To tell the truth is to live authentically and responsibly, to really live.” Living honestly is a way to have less stress to your life, proven by Richard Gunderman in “Is lying bad for us?” However, dishonesty seems to at an all time high with the growth of communication as stated in “On Bullshit” by Harry Frankfurt. In addition, lying can provide incredible short-term benefits discussed by Stephanie Ericsson in “The Ways We Lie.” Gunderman’s claim on authenticity is valid because most cultures see honesty and trust as two of the more lauded values. Telling the truth relieves stress and adds trust. Yet, there is a seemingly

Unfortunately, not many parents during the holocaust were able to shelter the innocence of their children before it was too late. It’s very surprising to see a parent use a diabolical camp as a playground in order to preserve a child from realizing what’s going on around them. As he learns about the Nazis trying to get rid of kids by putting them in the shower and looking in rooms for the ones they didn’t catch, Guido creates rules for his son to follow. Giouse hid when one of the Germans went into the room looking for him because it was a rule his dad made up to earn points for the game. It’s the same game that keeps Giouse’s innocence intact because in his mind it’s really a game, and it will remain that way until he’s caught.

In Joshua chapter two, a woman named Rahab lied to the king of Jericho, saying the spies who showed up at her house had already departed, when in fact, she had hid them in her house. Mrs. Johansen was in a similar situation when Nazi soldiers appeared in her brother Henrik's house demanding to know why a large multitude of people had gathered there. Mrs. Johansen lied to the soldiers, saying a relative by the name of Great Aunt Birte had passed away, and her corpse was in the coffin. The truth was that large wooden box was filled with warm clothes and blankets for the Jews, (who were portraying the relatives of Great Aunt Birte). So, should Annemarie's mother have told the truth, or was lying the right thing to do?

The controversy over the topic of whether lying is sometimes, always, or never justified is complete nonsense. To say it is always or never acceptable would mean you’re not thinking about the situations in which we lie thoroughly. Simply put, lying can be sometimes acceptable when it brings good intentions.

The constant act of avoiding the worth women have in society spirals down to the core fact how women are envisioned inferior to men. In The Ways We Lie by Stephanie Ericsson, the simple declaration, “We lie. We all do. We exaggerate, we minimize, we avoid confrontation, we spare people’s feelings, we conveniently forget, we keep secrets, we justify lying to the big-guy’s institutions.” Depicts how far lies have come to fit in the spectrum of society, which has inevitably caused women to lose their voice in established lies – mistaken as truths – into thinking that the unfair treatment they receive is what they deserve.

In an article called “Where's the Color in Kids' Lit? Ask the Girl With 1,000 Books (And Counting”, by Meg Anderson, she talks about and to an eleven-year-old girl named Marley Dias. Marley Dias loves to read book, but realize there was hardly any book that had main characters that she could relate to. There were no black girls as the main characters in the books she was reading. Marley started noticed that a lot of the books that her school don’t have much representation in them. Majority, if not all the books, consisted of white boys as the main character. This little eleven-year-old girl decided to start collecting books that had girls like her as main characters and she hope to start a black girl book club. She is also taking this problem to her school district in hopes that they will add more books containing more diversified main characters. She even shares her top five books with black girls as the main character in the article.

The Holocaust is a very large topic with many subtopics within, which many people have never heard of. One in particular is the Hidden Children of the Holocaust. Like a majority of individuals, I never heard of this topic before, until I started my inquiry work. Hiding children during the holocaust was an effort to save thousands of children’s lives. The children were hidden in different ways, either with false identities, underground, and with or without their parents. The children with false identities were allowed to participate in everyday life activities, like attend school and socialize with children their age, which in the long run this lead to less emotional and mental issues. However, the children that were hidden and not allowed to leave their hiding spots often faced boredom, pain, and torment. Some children were capable of being hid with their parents while other children were not. Depending on the situation the child was in, depends on the effects it had on the child during this time. In this paper, I will be discussing works by two scholars, Natalia Aleksiun’s Gender and Daily Lives of Jews in Hiding in Eastern Galicia and Judy Mitchell’s Children of the Holocaust. Aleksiun’s article talks about the daily lives of Jews in hiding and also about how they prepared their hideouts. Aleksiun’s article mainly focuses on children that were hidden with their families. In Mitchell’s article, he focuses on the hidden children and gives examples/survivor stories on what it

In the world there a lot of kids that likes to lie. They lie because they don’t think the consequences that have telling lies. It is because sometimes parent don’t show their kids to don’t lie. There are other parents that sometimes make their kids to tell the truth but kids don’t do that. According to some articles, news, and studies, there are a result about why kids lie. There are some articles where show a percentage why kids lie, also there are some news or studies that show the same. Some studies show why kids lie and why isn’t important.

Children are taught lying is wrong. If made to lie, under the guise of false family loyalty, as Sardy was, they will internalize that as being bad and wrong themselves. Frequently, this leads to wrong choices taken by children, much like Sardy’s brother joining his father in the crime spree. Also, enabling patterns often develop in this type of dysfunctional atmosphere. For example, Sardys mother trying to prevent him from telling authorities about his father’s plan of arson.

Do you think people should be treated the same or do you think everyone should not be treated the same?