Apparently sarcasm is lost on kids...

Brendan is 4.

J and I were playing Lincoln Logs with Brendan in the toy room.

J wanted Brendan to go get the grabber arm to play with.

Brendan wouldn't go and get it until J promised that she wouldn't grab anyone with it.

J promised not to grab anyone with it.

Brendan went and got the grabber arm.

J proceeded to grab me with the grabber arm.

This act makes Aunt J's "promise" to Brendan a lie.

Therefore Aunt J is a LIAR.

I asked Brendan "who's a liar". His reply "Aunt J"... which is a correct response - smart boy.

Anytime after this incident when I asked Brendan who the liar was....he correctly responded "Aunt J".

J proceeded to continue her lies by telling Brendan that his Aunt Sam doesn't love him...

A couple of days later I found out that Brendan had lied to his Dad. When Dan confronted him about the lie - he justified it with "but Aunt J is a liar..."

Seems that sarcasm is lost on children.