Monday afternoon after my 8 year old son came home from school, he informed me that although he had to do his math homework, he did not have to do spelling homework. As long as he got it done by the end of the week, he said, then it would be fine because they don’t turn their homework in until Friday. So he asked if he could please skip it for the night because he was tired. Being the pushover that I am, I went ahead and allowed him to skip doing his spelling homework for the night. I mean he does well in school and can practically spell any word you throw at him, so I figured it wouldn’t do any harm. Well, yesterday, I went ahead and made him do his Monday night spelling homework. I always check his work when he’s done to make sure he did it completely and everything is done correctly to the teacher’s specifications and what do I find at the top of his Monday night spelling homework page? This:

Yep, you guessed it. He lied to me about not having to have it done. I’m not exactly sure how to handle this because he doesn’t really make a habit out of lying, but I don’t want him to make it a habit either. I basically stressed to him the importance of telling the truth and how being lied to makes me feel. I really can’t stand to be lied to. Lying is one of the worst things you can do to me, because it’s so hard once you break my trust to get it back. I can’t really not trust my son though, so it’s kind of a tough situation.