Teaching the benefits of honesty is more effective than teaching the negative consequences of lying, according to a recent study which explored means of increasing honesty in children.

Dr. Kang Lee, a professor of human development and applied psychology at the University of Toronto,  has spent over a decade studying honesty and dishonesty in children, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. In June 2014 Dr. Lee published a study in Psychological Science which looked at the impact morality based stories have upon the probability that a child will be honest.

According to Dr. Lee ...