I've never lied to my 10-year-old about death, Santa, or what's really in her dinner

The author hasn't lied to her daughter, even about Santa.

Courtesy of the author I've made it nearly 10 years into motherhood without telling my daughter a lie.

I don't believe in white lies, even when telling the truth makes parenting harder.

I think being honest has helped my daughter trust me and brought us closer together.

From where I stand, it seems like most parents lie to their kids , at least once in a while.

I am of the mindset that lying , whether to adults or to children, is wrong.

Because I view it this way, I am uncomfortable with it and refuse to do it.

My husband respects my stance, though he doesn't always follow suit and has told our child a handful of lies.

But in the past decade since I became a mom, I have managed to avoid it.

I don't think I'm better than other parents, and I don't think anyone else is bad for harmless untruths .

I just knew going into this that I wanted to approach parenting differently in a lot of ways, and this is just one of them.

Not lying doesn't equal to sharing every detail This doesn't mean I divulge every secret.

Kids don't need to know every detail about everything, even when they ask questions.

I was rather vague when she wondered why one of our relatives split up with her husband less than a year after the marriage, for example: "He did something really bad, and it hurt her a lot.