Tell the Truth

This parenting advice column discusses the importance of honesty between spouses. The truth may hurt, but it's better than deception. We also address the issue of what to do with the leftover oil after you make homemade donuts.

Being truthful in a loving way is always better than lying. Even so-called white lies do more harm than good in my opinion.

Struck me funny that so many are pretty quick to deny things they can not accept.

People have reasons for not telling the truth. Whether it's to not hurt someone's feelings, or to not let a parent find something out or to even make life's harsh reality more bearable.

So much of our society relies on the truth. Think about it. Everything from our justice system to documents, to much, much more rely on the very basis that people tell the truth.

This is an opinion essay on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's ideas about "Telling the Truth."

Sometimes telling the truth can be hard for both people, but who ends up more hurt?

Teaching your kids to tell the truth is one of the hardest things that you have do so you will want to find out more here.

Telling the truth can be difficult when what you have to share will hurt the one you love. Here is some advice on how to tell the truth in a compassionate, kind, and considerate manner.

Should we always be truthful with our partner? Couldn't it potentially damage our relationships if we always told the truth? Are there any valuable conclusions that can be made in this regard?

It has been noted in past political elections that pollsters tend to say they will vote for a black candidate, but when they get inside the election booth, and no one is looking, they vote differently.

This article focuses on the ethics of medicine and whether doctors should tell their patients the truth.

The search for truth is a function that is innate in most people whether we realize it or not. We turn to literature, the arts, religion, science and other areas of knowledge for these truths...

Herman Cain stands accused. He is denying all sexual harassment allegations. But does that make him a serial denier in a bad sense if he's denying false allegations? Is he in denial if he's simply lying? And what if he's just telling the truth?

What do you want like to do?

A family struggles to love each other.

My opinion of what is going on and what went on. The defense attorney's are doing all they can to protect Deborah Bradley, but will it be enough? Could the kidnapping happen?

What is the price of a happy and joy-filled life? It is a gut-level, brutal honesty about who we are and what we have been doing. When we face ourselves head-on with a fearless "I will do this thing," the hidey-holes of denial and self-deception disappear

after the breakup of a friendship there are so many things you would like to say but it becomes a pointless monolouge

Some of the conditions and reasons for the current sad state of lying politicians.

A poem about things in life that are tough and decisions we have to make seem hard sometimes.

Getting overwhelmed and things keep adding up in life with stress.

Of late I have been contemplating and conversing about the concept of truth. I did not think there was much to discuss. The truth is the truth, right? Apparently, this is not so.

There is liberation in telling the truth.

This advice column advises a mother not to lie to her young daughters about their dog's illness. Comfort them and ease the transition, but don't mince words about death. It's real, and the kids will learn about it eventually -- better now with Mom's help.

The Casey Anthony trial is a reminder of why telling the truth is so critical.