The question came up recently about how to deal with a small child who almost always lies when asked to tell what happened or what he did. When the rider of the horse knows he is approaching the place that will be difficult for the horse, he begins to speak kindly and coaxes the horse to navigate through the difficult point. Similarly when a parent knows a child is about to reach that difficult point where he inevitably lies, the wise parent can coax the child with both promise of praise and warning to be truthful. Part of learning the blessing of doing right is also learning the consequence of doing wrong. A parent can help his child to navigate through the difficult point to become truthful. Doing no pre-thought in this matter is like setting the child up to fail. But a wise parent sets her child up to win.