Indulge me in my proud grandparent musings for a moment.  (I’m sure your grandkids are just as fabulous as mine!) I have a new grandson named Jackson who is now 5 months old and it’s always fascinating to watch kids learn and grow at that tender age.  But they don’t stay tender for too long!A new study reveals that kids learn to lie and distrust by the time they're age seven. University of Minnesota researchers studied 69 kids between the ages of three and nine. They found kids were able to infer what others were thinking, and strategize using that information when they were between the ages of six and seven.

Additionally, kids at that age figure out that they don't have to trust others or be truthful themselves. The experiments even showed that the strategic thinking of a 6.5 year old can be almost as sophisticated as an adult's thinking.

So now it’s my daughter Sarah’s turn to deal with the devious nature of the clever and creative child! (like SHE was!) 

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What comes around goes around so rock that baby boy while you can daughter dear…because that angel face will be selling fibs before you know it! (Grandpa chuckles and strolls away….)   (Newser)

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