Taught to Lie

So, everyone lies – at some point, in some form, to various degrees. Kids lie, because they are just copying their parents. I came across Raul’s ‘mesmeric yet whimsical’ rant about the lies he told his 3 year old. But why do parents lie? To protect their children? And maybe in the course of it, unknowingly, teaching them a bit about the vulnerable human nature.