Lying 7 Year Old

she lies about everything from having pets to seeing bank robberies they're not really vicious. i mean she does say vicious things tpward people we're working on that one too. i question everything she says and all she does is get mad at me. i told the mom and the moms just like ok whatever. i feel bad quiting because its the middle of summer and she'd have to find a new babysitter. would it be horrible of me if i quit?

Why does her vivid imagination bother you so much? So she's lying about crazy things. Can she write? Tell her it's a great story, write it down and save it.

its not vivid imagination. she doesn't understand lyings bad. she never stops lying. she can't write or read or have a conversation with anyone. shes like the making of a high strum high maintenance woman who doesn't care about anyone but herself. she insults everyone she meets. its like she has no comprehension that what she's doing is wrong.

Is it possible that she's just like her mother? My niece grew up with all the worst traits of her mother despite my best efforts to teach her to be honest and trustworthy. She'd just go back home where her mom reinforced the lesson that lying is okay if it works for you. I'm doing my best to see that my daughter (the next generation) does not share this trait. I tried time-out as punishment, without any noticeable improvement. I have greater success with this sentence: "I am so disappointed in you." Followed by a short period of shunning to illustrate the lesson that No One Wants to be Around a Liar. I wish you luck, Hannah R.

i'll try all your ideas thanks so much for your help and if things don't turn up soon i probably will quit because i'm way to underpaid to do this i get paid $80 a week and watcvh her 5 days a week for 8 hours. i really am thankful for all your guys ideas hopefully something works

I wonder if lying is just one of this child's problems and like many parents, her mom is taking on one at a time. Children lie for a variety of reasons and there maybe something else going on that as her babysitter you aren't privy too. The mom may not want to share it with you either. Sometimes ignoring the crazy lying or buying into it helps, although I like Lucy's suggestion to have her write it down. If that's too hard for her, then make a game of it. Tell grand tales and play make believe. My son and I do that all the time. Today we were trapped on a pirate ship during a storm. It can be a lot more fun than timeouts.

hannah...you should be getting $80 per day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how old are you?

Are their other educational issues with the child? At 7 my daughter could certainly read and write. And $80 is NOTHING forweekly childcare! is the care in your home? Are you providing food for that too?

I'm only 16 i babysit her at my house and i pay for her food to take her places and everything. The mom only pays me $80 per week. and doesn't pay on time she's supposed to pay me on fridays and here it is saturdays almost gone. i can't do anything because i have no money or enough gas in my car to get me down the street. I do think she has learning disablities and i've been through the "oh so wonderful testing" for learning disablities. i know its not fun and i try to talk to her about them and she tells me the letters change on her. and i try telling the mom but she's kinda still stuck in her own high school years and just sort of blows it off. then i have her play games that aren't really that hard like jump start 1st grade and life or clue just little things like that. but she gets about 2 minutes into em and quits cause she won't listen to the directions or knows how to fallow them.