Lies I tell my kid

In some magazine I read, a mom confessed (or maybe offered as a parenting tip, I don't remember) that she takes advantage of her kid's inability to read by telling her that signs say things like, "It's time to go home," or "Don't touch," or whatever the mom wants them to say.

I disapprove of lying to kids for expediency. I only lie to my kid for fun. Which is why he thinks wombats say "WOM, WOM, WOM" and eat Ewoks.