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Why Kids Lie:How Parents Can Encourage TruthfulnessAuthor: Paul EkmanBook Description:  212 pages scanned, OCRed & bookmarked.Why Kids Lie is the first book written for parents about this topic in sixty years.The primary author, Paul Ekman, is a world-renowned expert on lying andemotion. His wife, Mary Ann Mason Ekman, an attorney and historian (authorof The Equality Trap), has contributed two chapters, one with advice to parents and one on children’s testimony in court. Their son, Tom, wrote another chapter giving an adolescent’s view on lying, written when he was fourteen.This is a family book, written by a family for families, understandable andpractical, drawing on and integrating what is known scientifically about lying.It is about the everyday lies that nearly every parent is likely to hear from a child.Why Kids Lie will help parents understand what to do when they suspect ordiscover their child has lied. It will help parents encourage truthfulness, by understanding some of the reasons why kids lie.The motives for lying change as the child grows. Also treated are the reasons why some kids lie more than others and whether such behavior is something the child will eventually outgrow.The author’s web site is at:http://www.paulekman.com/The Wikipedia page on Paul Ekman is at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_EkmanPlease keep this a elib exclusive, thanks.I have benefited from some of Ekman’s materials and noticed we didn’t have these books.I also have ordered the book:Emotional awareness : overcoming the obstacles to psychological balance and compassion : a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman  / edited by Paul Ekman and will have it posted within a few weeks (if not sooner).For Power Users & Above.Thanks, Mazen