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  Posted by randigirl Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:30am PDT

  WE HAD THESE REALLY BIG AND REALLY SCARY ROBOTS THAT LIVED DOWN IN OUR BASEMENT. THEY WERE STUCK IN OUR BASEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THE STAIRS BEING NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW SLATS NAILED ON THE WALL GOING STRAIT DOWN. NOW I REMEMBER VIVIDLY MY MOM TAKING ME DOWN FOR A QUICK PEEK, AND I SAW THEM WITH MY OWN EYES 3-4 OF THEM ALL HUDDLED-UP TOGETHER PLOTTING AN ESCAPE FROM OUR BASE,MET. I SCREEMED AND IT WAS EXACTLY ALL I AND MY BABY BRO NEEDED TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT DEADLY DANGEROS SET OF STAIRS!! I ASKED HER RECENTLY JUST WHAT DID SHE SHOW ME THAT WERE THE "ROBOTS" I WAS AMAZED TO LEARN IT WAS OUR METERS FOR OUR GAS&ELEC!! SHE ALSO TOLD ME WHEN SHED FIND ME UNDER THE BED SCARED TO DEATH OF THUNDER, NOT TO WORRY,IT WAS JUST GOD TAKING ALL THE GOOD ANGELS BOWLING IN HEAVEN

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  Posted by Kimchi Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:51am PDT

  My mom told me that she waited until she was married before having sex. Truth be told , she got pregnant before she graduated high school.

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  Posted by MaryAnne Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:58am PDT

  Well my parents never really lied to us to speak of, and they hated whenever we did. I actually became quite a good or bad little liar as a child, and almost always got caught up in the lie. Its funny how even as a little kid, how quickly we learn about lies and what they can do for us, such as get us out of trouble, for a little while anyway!!

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  Posted by gardclan2001 Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:06am PDT

  The worst thing my parents did wasn't really a lie, but rather an omission. See, my brother died at that age of 7 from leukemia. My parents stripped our live of everything of him- photos, toys, anything connected to him. We didn't talk of him, we were never allowed to mention that he existed.

  It was only until later in my life that I really started mourning the loss of my older brother, and fought to remember my early years with him. It hit me in high school that my brother would have gone through all that before me, graduated before me, got married before me, and so forth, and I tried to imagine what he would have been like, and how my life would have been better with an older brother.

  I've always been angry at my parents that they did that to us, because I felt that denying the existance of my brother on this earth was a lie, and that we should have celebrated the short time he was with us instead.

  It also used to irritate me when my parents pretended like they NEVER had sex or did anything intimate, because I grew up for the longest time thinking they were one fight away from a divorce. If they had been more open in showing their affection for one another, instead of always trying to hide it, then I would have had a lot better impression of the stability of our home. My parents were always trying to hide things from us, and when I grew up, I recognized that hiding as just a way of them lying to us about the realities of life, and I would rather have had an honest and communicative relationship instead.

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  Posted by Ginna Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:16am PDT

  My mother told me that horseradish was made out of horses. It took me years to figure out the truth and like it again!

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  Posted by gigi Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:28am PDT

  my parents when i was growing up would tell me the food i was having was always good for me. granted part of that was true but then i would taste it and it was horrible. they would also say alot of it would taste like chicken and it didn't. needless to say i don't like chicken much. i never did that to my daughter and shes not picky when it comes to any food.

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  Posted by Vick Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:39am PDT

  I remember my mother told me that my dad was dead and really he was

  in prision! I was so devasted that my own mother lied to me about

  my father..

  And i remember when she told me that my barbies were alive and that

  they come out at night to play with the other barbies..lol

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  Posted by Roni Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:41am PDT

  Other than Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, etc. I can't really think of any. I can't remember if it was me or my mom who told my little sister that tapioca pudding was fish eggs. She's never touched the stuff since. I hate lies, even little white ones. We had a real hard time figuring out what to do when our daughter was little. Neither one of us wanted to actually lie to her. So I was creative (kind of like the politicians) and always answerred that Santa was magic when asked if he was real.

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  Posted by Sam K Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:26am PDT

  MY PARENTS ALWAYS PROMISED THINGS IN RETURN FOR GOOD GRADES,THEN NEVER FOLLED THRU WHEN I ACHIEVED THEM. I FINALLY GAVE UP AND QUIT SCHOOL. LATER I WENT BACK ON MY OWN BUT BY THEN I HAD LOST ALL INCENTIVE. DON'T BRIBE YOUR KIDS!

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  Posted by lutfywahab Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:25am PDT

  I really feel that parents should not lie to their children. Instead they can choose to explain on why things should or should not be done. I consider myself a fierce and strict father. My late dad was strict and I really could not remember a single time where I caught him lying to me or my siblings.

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