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[Alis girls]

Yesterday YS a baby faced 10 yr old and ES were in the house alone. OH had popped out to get a paper and milk (5min walk away) and I was at work.

Apparently jehovahs witnesses (their headquarters is in this part of London ) knocked at the door and YS (who has been told NOT to open door unless he knows who it is) opened door.

Conversation went something like this

JW " is your mum in?"

YS "NO"

JW "Is your dad in ?"

YS "NO"

 

At no point did he mention elder bruv was upstairs and he wasnt "Home Alone".They thrust their leaflet at him which he promptly showed OH on his return and regailed the conversation to dad. ( it was put in recycle bin )

 

So we fully expect a visit from the SS just hope they believe us.

 

Moral of story - all very well teaching kids honesty but does it always pay. And hes been told NOT to open door till hes at least 20 However on the plus side he could have said "no but come in and wait!!"

[snowberry]

Also it is morally wrong for anyone doorstepping to push their literature at a child; would one of those 'no junk mail' stickers on your door stop them calling?!

[Alis girls]

i have one and "we dont buy at the door"" - doesnt stop them - pain in the backside they are. Interestingly a friend does Christian Aid collecting (a thankless task round here) in a road where loads of JW's live and they get very shirty. What a blooming cheek. She told one she;d stop coming to his door when they stopped coming to hers. way ta go

[patsylabrador]

Oh, it's so difficult but he honestly showed your OH the leaflet, so whilst he may have forgotten your instructions, he wasn't being dishonest. I always told my kids that I could accept mistakes but I wouldn't accept bare faced lying. I think that worked, they've grown into fairly standard people.

Sometimes it works against you though, when ES was little, the local church called to recruit & my husband said, thank you but we already go to church, ES piped up "no we don't", and once we were given Paul McArtneys classical album which we hated, the gift giver asked if we liked it & we said it was wonderful, again ES piped up "no you don't, you said....." How do you tell a little kid when it's right to tell bare faced lies.

[Alis girls]

I know Patsy - we werent too cross - it was the fact he forgot ES was with him which made us a little worried. I am pleased he is honest even if we er stretch the truth a little - they are priceless with their honesty esp when you dont want them to be.