Lying, a form of self preservation.

There are many types of lies and we always categorise the worst ones with betrayal, as these are the ones that hurt the most,but certain lies form a safety network which we call upon frequently. We only let a limited number of people into our personal world, those who truly know us and understand us well enough not to make a too harsh a judgement on our actions or thoughts. People outside of this circle we often lie to to protect our feelings, emotions and to provide a certain amount of privacy, until we know them better for ourselves. We often tell 'white lies' to our children to create a safe, nurturing environment to answer their countless questions, until we feel they are old enough to understand the truth about many issues that arise throughout their childhood. If we did tell them the truth it would do them more harm than good, and expose them to the reality of life that they would not understand.