Comments on: George Washington’s Cherry Tree http://www.publicparent.com/29/george-washingtons-cherry-tree Thinking About Parenting in Public Sat, 01 May 2010 11:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Matilda Who Told Lies by Hillaire Belloc | Public Parent http://www.publicparent.com/29/george-washingtons-cherry-tree/comment-page-1#comment-12 Matilda Who Told Lies by Hillaire Belloc | Public Parent Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:02:15 +0000 http://www.publicparent.com/?p=29#comment-12 [...] value of trust. Young children lie primarily to avoid punishment and please their parents, so the cherry tree story is usually more effective in encouraging them to tell the truth. In this story, Matilda lies only [...] [...] value of trust. Young children lie primarily to avoid punishment and please their parents, so the cherry tree story is usually more effective in encouraging them to tell the truth. In this story, Matilda lies only [...]

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