Being Honest to your Kids

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How honest are you to your children? We teach kids the value of honest and not to lie. At an early age this is one of the core values we like them to live by but are we honest to them? Kids are kids. They are still quite innocent and their understanding to every little thing in this world is too much for them. If we want our kids to be honest, should we not model what honesty is? But to what extent should we tell them everything? (photo from internet) It is not that easy to become a parent. Any parent here will agree and understand what I am saying. Though I teach my children the value of honesty and I even model it to some extent, there are still a lot of things that they should not be told about. This is our preference as parents. We can filter whatever we want to tell them and we can do a lot of things or ways to make them understand. In particular, I do not lie to my children when it comes to our finances because I also want to teach them the value of money. I do not lie to them whenever I feel like I am stressed or I am in a difficult situation. I want to make them understand why I do the things I do and say the things that I say. I tell them how I see them as a person but of course I choose the right words to say as not to harm them emotionally. It is not easy to be honest all the time especially when we consider things so delicate. What we need is a perfect timing and the right words to explain things to them.