We all know that ( ) (deception/deceive) is a common practice among s, but many people don't ( ) (realize/realization) how early children begin lying, and how often they do it. The main reason most small children lie is ( ) (avoidable/avoidance) of ( ) (punishment/punish) .The child will ( ) (insist/insistence) that he didn't hit his brother even if the parent saw the bad ( ) (behavior/behave). Parents think that their children will stop lying when they get a little older and learn right from wrong, but, in fact, six year olds lie more ( ) (frequently/frequent) than four year olds. And, of course, older children are more ( ) (skills/skillful) liars. ( ) (Psychologists/Psychology) have studied lying children by performing a variety of guessing- experiments. When provided an ( ) (opportune/opportunity) , most children will cheat and then lie about it. One ( ) (explainable/explanation) why children do this is that their parents have taught them to lie. For example, if they ( ) (receive/reception) a gift they don't like, parents instruct them to hide their feelings and pretend they love it. It takes a while for children to learn when it's good to answer ( ) (honestly/honesty)and when it isn't.