Psychology
Why harsh punishment can teach children to lie
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Congratulations to authoritarian parents for successfully raising elite espionage agents. When the punishment for honesty is extreme, a child's survival instinct kicks in, drastically accelerating their cognitive ability to fabricate airtight alibis. Instead of teaching true morality, strict discipline just optimizes a child's prefrontal cortex for high-stakes deception.
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