When you become a parent, telling white lies becomes a way of life.
It's the sure-fire way of instilling just the right amount of fear to make the kids do what you want, without having to deal with them falling out with you or disobeying you.
And parents have taken to Twitter in their droves to share #TheLiesWeTellKids, and they're pretty hilarious...
#TheLiesWeTellKids This profound betrayal in which we allow a strange, clinical entity to jam a needle into you will only hurt for a second
— Pemberton Periwinkle (@Arithered) July 21, 2015#TheLiesWeTellKids "This is beautiful, I'll keep it forever! Thank you, wow!" pic.twitter.com/BAmO7xIg8i
— Kristal Yalitza (@KristalYalitza) July 21, 2015Eat your vegetables, go to bed early and you will grow an inch taller by morning. #TheLiesWeTellKids
— Ja (@jahgen) July 21, 2015No, I do not have games in my laptop, phone, tablet or any other gadget for that matter. #TheLiesWeTellKids
— ThisIsMyShawshank (@Artery_N_Neuron) July 21, 2015#TheLiesWeTellKids I love this gift you made me !
— Ella Vincent (@bookgirlchicago) July 21, 2015#TheLiesWeTellKids the ice cream van has ran out of ice cream when they play the music.
— ryan palmer (@yardie316) July 21, 2015#LiesWeTellKids *takes their food* "I have to make sure it's not poisonous"
— The Wallflower (@Kennijae) July 22, 2015
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLiesWeTellKids?src=hash">#TheLiesWeTellKids OK,,you go and hide,,,I'll come and look for you...! pic.twitter.com/cGJ4XicNs6
— David Jones (@jonesthebuilder) July 21, 2015If you tell the truth you won't get in trouble #TheLiesWeTellKids
— Nickkey (@Nickkey16) July 21, 2015#LiesWeTellKids *takes their food* "I have to make sure it's not poisonous"
— The Wallflower (@Kennijae) July 22, 2015Just because Tommy has better grades, doesn't mean he's smarter than you #TheLiesWeTellKids
— Brandon (@ninjapanda106) July 21, 2015#TheLiesWeTellKids I have no idea what happened to your Halloween candy. pic.twitter.com/2xRfMROI7D
— Food Daily (@_Food_Daily_) July 21, 2015Yeah, I'd love to see what you've built on Minecraft.
It looks in no way similar to the last pile of 80s pixels you did
— Sean O Farrell (@sofarrsogud) July 21, 2015You must wait an hour after eating to go swimming, or you'll get a cramp and drown. #TheLiesWeTellKids
— darksidedeb (@darksidedeb) July 21, 2015Someday you'll grow up and no one can tell you what to do anymore #TheLiesWeTellKids
— AJ Bulldis (@AJBulldis) July 21, 2015Telling them "We'll come back later and buy it" when you know you're never coming back #TheLiesWeTellKids
— Nieve (@Nievelizabeth) July 21, 2015We can't watch Frozen right now because Elsa is sleeping #TheLiesWeTellKids
— Darin King (@futilitypatent) July 21, 2015#TheLiesWeTellKids "we love you and your brother equally"
— CIA Agent (@Bill_WillsonCIA) July 21, 2015It's raining because God is crying...and He's crying because you didn't clean your room. #TheLiesWeTellKids
— Charley Kaye (@Ckandrew14) July 21, 2015#TheLiesWeTellKids Mommy enters you in pageants because it builds character, not to exploit you. Now, stop crying and twirl that baton.
— David Bell (@BellDavidC) July 21, 2015i know everything always because i have secret eyes at the back of my head.
#TheLiesWeTellKids pic.twitter.com/vsd7ai1It3
— hina bhatti (@hina_bhatti) July 21, 2015"If you eat a seed a tree will grow inside you" #TheLiesWeTellKids
— danny ∞ (@ayeedxnny) July 21, 2015Someday you'll grow up and no one can tell you what to do anymore #TheLiesWeTellKids
— AJ Bulldis (@AJBulldis) July 21, 2015It's a marshmallow farm #TheLiesWeTellKids pic.twitter.com/R4V35TfU8G
— Dirt Road Devil (@TruckerS63) July 21, 2015I can totally tell what this is but I'll let you tell me #TheLiesWeTellKids pic.twitter.com/6Ja29a49k6
— Fish Mommy Cupcake (@fishmommy37) July 21, 2015Of course that's the same goldfish!
— Sissyknits (@sissyknits) July 21, 2015
