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/^t/If there are good, solid, and decent reasons for telling a fib, lying should not be condemned. If a child does not tell his or her parents about a low grade he or she got at school, he or she does it only not to worry the parents. Such a lying is harmless and there is a likelihood that next time the child will get a higher grade and the previous one will be unimportant. So what for bother parents about it and tell them the truth?