My Daughter, The Lying Genius!

A resent study shows that toddlers who master the art of fibbing actually have a fast developing brain and will probably be successful in adulthood.  Lying, which requires the brain to manipulate information, is associated with brain regions that permit higher-order thinking.

This is GOOD to know!!!

Stevi is a very girly 3.5 year old.  She just LOVES to get her nails painted, So Saturday I painted her toes and fingers nail in colors of her liking.  Purple toes nails with blue glitter, and blue finger nails with purple glitter.  Stevi has been known to bite the polish off, so I reminder her not to do this because it's not a good thing to do.  On Sunday her father and I noticed she only had 9 pretty blue painted nails and one completely naked nail.  We asked her if she chewed the polish off and she said "No" and then told us this story...

"A bug came into my room in the middle of the night and ate the polish off this finger, it was a bad bug that does this at night time."

We asked where the bug was now...

"The bad bug went home to its home, because it only eats polish at night time."

I was shocked at the quickness she came up with this story and the way she told us as if it was completely true.  I guess she is using her higher-order thinking!!!!