Honesty is not always the best policy

Honesty is not Always the Best Policy I always tried to tell the truth but sometimes, being truthful isn’t always the best. There are times when we might want to avoid the full truth, or even tell a lie, in order to protect someone’s feelings, or prevent a conflict. I believe we all have to lie or even obscure the truth once in our life. There are three incidents that I can think of when it was best to lie and obscure the truth. When my little young niece asked about her childhood fantasies such as Tooth Fairy or Santa Clause ever existed. I didn’t want to be coldhearted to tell her they don’t exist. When someone is ill and hospitalized, it is better not to tell him or her the negative thoughts. Negative thoughts have always struck down patient’s consciousness of fighting with illness. When my mother asked my father if she was getting too fat. My father had to lie to avoid a conflict and argument with my mother. Young children are most likely curious about their childhood fantasies such as Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause. We all remember when we were little kids, our parents never told

Every time when my parents were dressing up for relative"tms wedding or some important meetings, my mother would ask my father if she looks fat in this dress. told us she only had two more years to live because of her cancer. Our families lied to my grandmother so she wouldn"tmt lose faith. ------------------------------------------------------------------------Bibliography . But we have experienced how disappointed children would be when they find out their childhood fantasies are phonies. However, not all lies are helpful, some lies can be harmful. We never heard kids obsess with their fantasies at their childhood or there are cases, which childhood fantasies affect children as they grow up. The support we provided helped her a lot, because she didn"tmt die within two years, but live for four more years. Sometimes when my father was too focused on his own stuff, he "slipped" an answer such as yeah, kind of without giving any thought. As we are becoming adults now, we keep the custom and lie to young children that Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause do exist. For example, when my grandmother was hospitalized, the Dr. us that Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause are phonies. When my little niece asked me if Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause really exist, I had to obscure the truth and tell her yes. Have we felt guilty lying to children about their childhood fantasies Of course not, because we don"tmt want to destroyed or disappointed children"tms childhood fantasies.