Exactly! I would be doing the same (laughing and listening).
I would highly recommend that OP encourages the kid to write a book! Her having him create that first book could be the very thing that inspires an interest in a particular career or hobby. I'd be encouraging the creativity and giving him a means to MAINTAIN that creative mind!
And I agree on your stance about "lying to get out of trouble."
Pjmm wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:57 am
Anonymous 4 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:29 pm
You don't. You encourage it. Start creating homemade books with him.
Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:51 pm
How do I prevent it?
This. I mean who knows? He could write the great American novel someday. I'd be the one to laugh and listen to it. Now if he's lying to get out of trouble that's a different problem.
