15 Times Parents Told The Most Hilarious And Convincing White Lies

These parents get an A+ for creativity! And while their white lies may not be true, here's something you can believe in: It's super easy to switch to GEICO.

We recently asked parents of the BuzzFeed Community for examples of outrageous white lies they've told their children. Here are some of the best responses from parents (and kids who grew up to know better)...

1. Eye can't believe this!

Warner Bros.

"All moms have eyes in the back of their heads. And no matter how hard you look, you can’t see them until you’re a mom yourself. My oldest is 8 and still tells me to be careful when brushing my hair, so I don’t brush my eyes."

—Sallyw1115

2. Keep calm and don't whine to mom.

Warner Bros.

"No one can hear you when you whine. It just makes your words disappear. You can only be heard if you can talk calmly and rationally."

—UglyDucksFly

3. This gives a whole new meaning to the "zoo..."

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"My mom told me that the revolving door/turnstile at the entrance to the zoo was a 'bad kid detector,' and if you were bad, it wouldn’t let you out!"

—caseyjanethe

4. A chore a day scares the monsters away.

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"I told my children when they were going through their 'afraid of monsters' stage that I eat monsters, and in fact most adults LOVE to eat monsters because of how delightfully crisp they are! And it makes the monsters super scared of adults!

"[And then I told them] it's actually kinda easy to trick the monsters into leaving you alone. All you gotta do is some stuff grown-ups would do. Like picking up the floors or clearing the table off, folding your laundry (any basic kid chore). It worked like a charm! My kids thought the monsters were gone, and my house looked GREAT!"

—oddone

5. For particularly noisy toys...

Disney

"They don’t make replacement batteries for that toy. [For example,] they don’t make zebra karaoke piano batteries anymore."

—katief4cf9993e3

6. For particularly noisy TV shows...

Warner Bros.

"I tell my 2-year-old daughter that Dora is taking a nap, and that is why we can’t watch her right now! Really any cartoon character that I am tired of watching is sleeping!"

—alyssab4526f77b9

7. Mother nose best.

Disney

"I told my daughter that the calcium (white) on her fingernails was an indication that she picked her nose. She came back from school [the next day] and named all the kids that 'picked their noses.'"

—melissak4a4876837

8. Snailed it!

Nickelodeon

"When I was little, my family thought it was gross that I loved to play with snails. So one day my uncle told me if I kept playing with them, I'd eventually grow a shell on my back. I slept [in an awkward position] one night, woke up with a sore back, and ran to my mom crying [thinking] that a shell was growing on my back."

—joellenalani

9. A different kind of "Santa Con..."

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"When my kids were little, there was an old smoke detector on the wall in the hallway. It didn't work but had a small light on the side. The light changed from red to green for no apparent reason. I told my kids that was the Santa cam, and he could listen to or see them whenever he wanted. If the light was red, he was upset that they were misbehaving, and green meant they were being good.

"A few times I'd find them apologizing to it or saying how good they've been. They would check almost every day to see what color the light was. Their friends were sometimes jealous that they didn't have [a Santa cam] too."

—danih472cfbbc6

10. The yummiest puzzle.

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"My 3-year-old used to freak out if his food was 'broken' (crackers, bread, cookies, etc.), and he wouldn’t eat it. Until one day I said that broken pieces of food are like food puzzles. The only way the puzzle can be put together is in his tummy."

—Cecilotapants

11. It ain't easy being green.

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"My nephew was such a picky eater when he was little. He REFUSED to eat anything green. When he turned about 4 or 5, he became an Incredible Hulk fan. I saw an opportunity, so I took it and told him that the Hulk was so cool, buff, and green because all he ate were green veggies. He ate his broccoli that night for dinner and every night after to this day!"

—joellenalani

12. A good excuse for any occasion...

Cartoon Network

"While on vacation, we ordered my daughter a sandwich. They brought it cut in a diagonal. Before the foreseen drama over this situation, I quickly told her, 'That’s just how they do things here.' We now use this saying with just about everything that makes them upset."

—katieh4f72cf5bf

13. We have the receipts.

Warner Bros.

"Not one that I've told my kids (yet), but this is something my mom told me. After a wonderful Christmas where Santa brought me a guitar and an ice cream maker, I found a receipt on the counter...that included a guitar and an ice cream maker. After I confronted my mom, she told me that Santa leaves receipts behind so 'Mommy and Daddy can pay their taxes.'"

—TaylorPalmier

14. It's a potty in the USA.

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"To potty train my son, we told him that the cable man accidentally broke the TV, and it was now 'potty'-powered. It could only work if you went in the potty, and if there wasn’t enough, the TV would turn off. This was enforced by turning the TV off when he hadn't had a bathroom break in awhile."

—KazeniAisu

15. Doggone it!

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"I told my son that he would turn into a dog if he didn’t go potty because only dogs make messes in the house. He was [already] 3, and we were desperate. Every time he’d mess himself or start looking suspicious, I’d look at dog food and leashes online. He was trained in a month."

—hollyg4e21905bc

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Would you believe any of these fibs as a kid? Here's one thing you can believe: It's super easy to switch to GEICO.

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