Unfortunately, even though adults hate lying, they often set up their children to do just that. Here's a look at how:

Mum heard that Greg was seen throwing stones at another child:

"Greg, what have you been up to this afternoon?" [What, you expect me to confess if you don't know?]

"Like what? I haven't been doing anything", he says innocently and looked a bit confused.

Were you throwing stones at the new girl?" [Maybe there's still hope I can pull this off.]

"No.", he answers, startled that you could think such a thing of him.

"Interesting, since Mavis said you did."