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Psychologists say tell your children the truth in times of crisis. Talk to them in simple, age appropriate language and answer their questions. But most parents will admit that the odd white lie creeps in, in ordinary day to day life. Maybe it's more than the one odd lie... What kinds of lies have you told your children? Why did you do it and what were the consequences? Are you the product of a parent who didn't exactly speak the truth? Tina talks to Dr Chris Boyle, a psychologist at Exeter University and Grace Timothy, who wrote Mum Face about the lies that parents tell children and why we enjoy telling some of them.