White lie ?

It’s safe to say US President Barack Obama had no idea the trouble he’d find himself in after telling a kid journalist recently that his favourite food was broccoli.

Since then, comedians and Twitter users have served up entrée-sized servings of accusations that the president was dishonest with the pint-sized reporter.

If he did stretch the truth, Obama, a father of two, has plenty of company.

Some 84 percent of parents lie to their kids in the name of good parenting, according to a study released in November by the International Journal of Psychology. 

Are they right? 

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20130715-honesty-always-the-best-policy