to lie or not to lie,

That truly is a question that is loaded almost any way you put it...? Oh we would like to think that everyone out there is as honest as Abe Lincoln, but the reality is we not only lie every day but also encourage others to do it as well. Any parent that has left there child alone while they ran to do an errand knows what I speak of as well as many of my fellow students will acknowledge that they were told as home alonerz that if a stranger called and asked where their parents were; they were told to respond with," They are busy right now" or "They can't come to the door right now". So to personally discredit or think a specific persons ideology is bad in telling a lie; I cannot do. In my job especially, I cannot tell you how many times a mom is neglecting to see what is right in front of her. Daughter is wearing baggy clothes for weeks if not months, and daughter is in the midst of child birth, when in the back of my ambulance unit or as I like to call it my confessional the daughter admits,never in the presence of her mother or father, that she has been pregnant and hiding it from her folks. Signs and symptoms are obvious clues as well as getting a good history but also how daughter becomes less talkative in the presence of her family. It is times like then that you need to have a good partner that will distract mom an dads attention long enough for you to  get to the truth because after all every1 wants whats best in regards toward the safety of their loved ones.