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Those little white lies? Your children are listening
T
ŚĞƚĞůĞƉŚŽŶĞƌĂŶŐĂƐǁĞƐĂƚ
ĚŽǁŶĨŽƌĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘/ĞdžĐƵƐĞĚŵLJ-
self to answer the call.
͞'ŽŽĚĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͘/ƐDƌƐ͘^ĐŚŵŝĚƚ
ŝŶ͕ƉůĞĂƐĞ͍͟/ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚƚŚĞǀŽŝĐĞŝŵ-
ŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůLJ͘/ƚǁĂƐĂƚĞůĞŵĂƌŬĞƚĞƌĨƌŽŵ
ĂůŽĐĂůŶŽŶͲƉƌŽĮƚŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶǁŚĞƌĞ
/ŚĂĚŽƌĚĞƌĞĚĮǀĞͲLJĞĂƌŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ
ůŝŐŚƚďƵůďƐ͘&ŽƌŵŽŶƚŚƐƚŚĞƐĂŵĞƚǁŽ
ůĂĚŝĞƐŚĂĚŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚŵĞŽĨƚŚĞŝƌĞƐ-
ƚĂďůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ͛ƐŶĞĞĚƐĂŶĚ/ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ
ůŝŐŚƚďƵůďƐĨŽƌĞǀĞƌLJƐŽĐŬĞƚŝŶƚŚĞ
ŚŽƵƐĞ͕ŐŝǀĞŶĂĨĞǁƚŽŽƵƌŶĞŝŐŚďŽƌƐ͕
ĂŶĚƐƚŽƌĞĚĂŚĂůĨĚŽnjĞŶďĂĐŬƵƉƐŝŶ
ƚŚĞďĂƐĞŵĞŶƚ͘
DLJĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐĂďŽƵƚŚĂǀŝŶŐ
ĞŶŽƵŐŚůŝŐŚƚďƵůďƐĚŝĚŶ͛ƚĚĞƚĞƌƚŚĞƐĞ
ƐĂůĞƐǁŽŵĞŶ͘dŚĞĐĂůůƐĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ͕
ďƵƚ/ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚǁĂŶƚƚŽƚĂůŬƚŽƚŚĞůŝŐŚƚ
ďƵůďůĂĚŝĞƐ͘/ƚƵƐƵĂůůLJƚŽŽŬŵĞƚĞŶ
ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐƚŽƉŽůŝƚĞůLJĚŝƐĞŶŐĂŐĞŵLJƐĞůĨ
ĨƌŽŵĂĐĂůů͘
Maren
Schmidt
_______________
.LGV7DON
“No,” I replied. “She’s not here.”
͞ŽLJŽƵŬŶŽǁǁŚĞŶƐŚĞ͛ůůďĞ
ďĂĐŬ͍͟
͞EŽ͘/ĚŽŶ͛ƚŬŶŽǁǁŚĞŶƐŚĞ͛ůůďĞ
ďĂĐŬ͘'ŽŽĚďLJĞ͘͟
Ɛ/ƐĂƚďĂĐŬĚŽǁŶƚŽĚŝŶŶĞƌ͕ŵLJ
ŚƵƐďĂŶĚĂƐŬĞĚŵĞǁŚŽǁĂƐŽŶƚŚĞ
phone.
͞dŚĞĮǀĞͲLJĞĂƌůŝŐŚƚďƵůďƉĞŽƉůĞ͘
dŚĞLJǁŽŶ͛ƚůĞĂǀĞŵĞĂůŽŶĞ͘͟
͞tĞůů͕͟DĂƌŬƐĂŝĚ͘͞ŽLJŽƵ
ƌĞĂůŝnjĞLJŽƵũƵƐƚĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚLJŽƵƌ
ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJƚŽLJŽƵƌĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͍͟
/ƚĨĞůƚůŝŬĞĂƐůĞĚŐĞŚĂŵŵĞƌŚĂĚ
ŚŝƚŵĞŝŶƚŚĞĨĂĐĞ͘/ŶŵLJĚĞƐŝƌĞƚŽďĞ
ORTHODONTIST
Durk V. Irwin, D.M.D. P.C.
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ŶŽŶͲĐŽŶĨƌŽŶƚĂƟŽŶĂůĂŶĚŶŽƚƚŽďĞ
ƌƵĚĞ͕/ŚĂĚůŝĞĚ͘ZŝŐŚƚŝŶĨƌŽŶƚŽĨŵLJ
ƚŚƌĞĞͲĂŶĚĨŽƵƌͲLJĞĂƌͲŽůĚĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌƐ͘
As cool as you please.
What slippery slope had I slith-
ĞƌĞĚ͍dŚĞƌĞǁĂƐŵĂŶƵƌĞŝŶƚŚĞďĂƌŶ-
LJĂƌĚĂŶĚ/ǁĂƐƌŝŐŚƚŝŶƚŚĞŵŝĚĚůĞŽĨ
it.
My
ŝŶĂďŝůŝƚLJ
ƚŽďĞƚƌƵƚŚĨƵůĂŶĚ
honest to the caller had
ĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚŵLJƉƌŝŶ-
ĐŝƉůĞƐ͘tŚLJĚŝĚ/ĮŶĚŝƚ
ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞƚŽŐŝǀĞĂŶLJŽĨĂŶƵŵďĞƌ
ŽĨŚŽŶĞƐƚŵĞƐƐĂŐĞƐ͕ƐƵĐŚĂƐ͗džĐƵƐĞ
ŵĞ͘tĞĂƌĞƐŝƫŶŐĚŽǁŶƚŽĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘
/ĐĂŶ͛ƚƚĂůŬƚŽLJŽƵ͘KƌͶdŚĂŶŬLJŽƵ
ĨŽƌĐĂůůŝŶŐ͘/ŚĂǀĞĂůůƚŚĞůŝŐŚƚďƵůďƐ/
ŶĞĞĚĨŽƌƚŚĞŶĞdžƚĮǀĞLJĞĂƌƐ͘'ŽŽĚͲ
ďLJĞ͘KƌͶ/ĐŽƵůĚŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶŇĂƚŽƵƚ
ƌƵĚĞĂŶĚŚƵŶŐƵƉƚŚĞƉŚŽŶĞ͘
But for whatever reasons, I had
ĨŽƵŶĚŝƚĞĂƐŝĞƌƚŽĮď͘ǁŚŝƚĞůŝĞ͕Ă
ƉŽůŝƚĞůŝĞ͕ďƵƚĂĨĂůƐĞŚŽŽĚ͕ŶŽŶĞƚŚĞ-
ůĞƐƐ͘ĂƐƵĂůĚĞĐĞŝƚǁĂƐŶŽƚƐŽŵĞ-
ƚŚŝŶŐ/ǁĂŶƚĞĚƚŽƉĂƐƐĚŽǁŶƚŽŵLJ
ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘/ƚǁĂƐƚƌƵĞĐŽŶĨĞƐƐŝŽŶƟŵĞ͘
͞tŚĂƚ/ũƵƐƚĚŝĚǁĂƐǁƌŽŶŐ͘/
should have told the lady on the
Parenting
Tip
ƉŚŽŶĞƚŚĂƚ/ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚǁĂŶƚƚŽďƵLJĂŶLJ-
ŵŽƌĞůŝŐŚƚďƵůďƐŽƌƚŚĂƚ/ǁĂƐďƵƐLJ
with dinner. I didn’t want to hurt the
ƐĂůĞƐůĂĚLJ͛ƐĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ͘/ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚǁĂŶƚ
ŚĞƌƚŽƚŚŝŶŬ/ǁĂƐŵĞĂŶĂŶĚ
ƌƵĚĞ͘ƵƚŝƚŝƐďĞƩĞƌƚŽŚĂǀĞ
the person on the phone
ƚŚŝŶŬ/͛ŵƌƵĚĞƚŚĂŶƚŽ
ŚĂǀĞŵLJĨĂŵŝůLJƚŚŝŶŬ
/͛ŵĂůŝĂƌ͘͟
KƵƌĂĐƟŽŶƐŝůůƵ-
ŵŝŶĂƚĞǁŚŽǁĞĂƌĞ͘
&ƌŽŵŵLJĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐ-
ŵĞŶƚ/ƌĞĂůŝnjĞĚƚŚĂƚ
I needed to choose
ŵLJǁŽƌĚƐĐĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ͘/
ůĞĂƌŶĞĚƚŚĂƚŝŶĂǁŬ-
ǁĂƌĚƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐƚŚĞƌĞ
ŝƐĂǁĂLJƚŽďĞŚŽŶĞƐƚ͕LJĞƚ
ĚŝƌĞĐƚĂŶĚŬŝŶĚ͘dŚŝƐǁĂƐ
ĐƌŝƟĐĂůĂƐ/ďĞĐĂŵĞƵŶĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ-
ĂďůLJĂǁĂƌĞŽĨŚŽǁŵLJĂĐƟŽŶƐĂŶĚ
ǁŽƌĚƐĐŽƵůĚŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞŵLJĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ
ĂŶĚŝŵƉĂĐƚƚŚĞŝƌƉĞƌĐĞƉƟŽŶŽĨĂĐ-
ĐĞƉƚĂďůĞĐŽŶĚƵĐƚ͘
dŚĂƚĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͕ĚĞĂůŝŶŐǁŝƚŚŵLJ
ůŝƩůĞǁŚŝƚĞůŝĞĂŶĚŵLJŚƵŵŝůŝĂƟŽŶ͕
/ƵŶĐŽǀĞƌĞĚĂĨƵŶĚĂŵĞŶƚĂůƚƌƵƚŚ͗
tŚĂƚĞǀĞƌLJŽƵĚŽ͕ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶĂůŽƌŶŽƚ͕
ůŝŐŚƚƐĂƉĂƚŚĨŽƌLJŽƵƌĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘DĂŬĞ
ƐƵƌĞLJŽƵ͛ƌĞŚĞĂĚĞĚŝŶƚŚĞƌŝŐŚƚĚŝƌĞĐ-
ƟŽŶ͘
________
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