I mentioned how the truth can hurt and can be uncomfortable, but it goes both ways to speak it and receive it. Just because someone doesn't like to hear it and reacts negatively, doesn't mean we should lie. The child or an adult can speak and get negative reactions from people, that doesn't justify lying. The root is the lack of care for truth, whereby people don't openly receive people speaking it and punish them for it. The problem of lying is still in the agent who does it, no matter the relationship of those who react negatively.