LET'S TALK about HONESTY Conversation Starters

“Taking the easy way out or telling the truth - those are not just two different choices. They are different pathways through life. They are utterly different ways of being. “
~Jordon Peterson
 
We lecture our children about how important it is to be honest, to live with integrity and do “the right thing.” But what does that even mean to them? How do we communicate the enormous impact being honest will have on their lives? How do we motivate them to make choices that will sometimes be uncomfortable, even painful, because “it’s the right thing to do?”
 
The problem with honesty is that the short-term benefits of lying often seem way more appealing than the long-term benefits of telling the truth. To teach our children an honesty mindset, we need to help them understand that the long-term benefits of being honest are much more important for their future success and happiness than the short-term benefits of lying.
 
These conversation starters offer over 20 different scenarios that give you and your children an opportunity to talk about what happens AFTER you tell a lie, or AFTER you tell a difficult truth. 
 
You will explore how that might make you think and feel about yourself, as well as how others might think and feel about you. Included are four critical considerations:
 
1. Short-term benefits of lying
2. Long-term consequences of lying
3. Short-term consequences of being honest
4. Long-term benefits of being honest
 
After a month of conversations about the benefits and consequences of being honest, your children will be well-prepared for those inevitable situations that involve peer pressure and require split-second decisions.