It’s understood that lying is bad, but sometimes it’s the only way to get kids to behave. Little “white lies” like telling them you can tell if they brushed their teeth (who can really do that?), or that the Boogey Man under their bed will get them if they don’t put the iPad away when it’s time for bed.

All parents do it, even if they don’t want to admit it, they really do. “The Stir Café Mom” asked moms to give up some of the lies they’ve been telling their kids to get them to behave and came up with a list of more than 20 good ones.

Here’s some of the best one’s:

1) "There are spiders under the tables in restaurants. It would keep them from going under them when they were toddlers."

2) "I swear it's chicken (no matter what meat we have for dinner)."

3) "I told them the car would not start unless their seat belts were on."

4) "Cartoons don't play at night because the characters have to go to bed too."

5) "The ice cream truck only plays music when it's out of ice cream."

I remember this little white lie that my Mom used to tell me when I asked why I got less from the Tooth Fairy than my friends did:  "Unfortunately, Tooth Fairies are inherited, and I had a poor one growing up, so your Tooth Fairy is poor too."  Haha!

The little fibs on this list made me laugh and I found that some of them were used on me when I was a kid as well!  For the full list, to get a laugh, or maybe some new ideas of your own, click here.

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