Parents

In my opinion, parents should always say what they mean. Children can be impressionable and mimic the actions around them. Being a child does not make them any less worthy of honesty, lying about little things for no reason or for the sake of “just teasin’” is unnecessary. However, it is understandable in some cases if their intentions are to create a sense of wonder and magic for example fictional stories and lies like Santa or the Easter bunny personally were fun for me as a child, even after eventually knowing it was just a story the feelings remained for a little while. It could be damaging to withhold too much, but damaging to tell children everything because some things are simply not appropriate. Ultimately I think one should use discretion because everyone is different and can handle different things.