EIGHTY-FIVE per cent percent of parents have admitted to lying to their children, according to research from Mamia, Aldi’s baby and toddler brand.
Aldi research unveils the truths (or in this case, untruths) behind parenting, with many telling on average 10 hilarious little white lies every week.
Enterprising parents have mostly found themselves stretching the truth in a quest to get little ones to eat at mealtime (66 per cent), to stop youngsters doing something naughty (40 per cent) or simply to save time (14 per cent).
Half of the tall tales in the top 10 are food related such as, “eating your spinach will give you super strength” (29 per cent) and “drinking milk will make you grow taller” (23 per cent). While food was the most common battleground, including the classic ‘eating carrots will help you see in the dark’ – used by well over half of parents (58 per cent).
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