Faced with real difficulties in raising his own children, Paul Ekman, a professor of psychology at the University of California at San Francisco, a world-renowned expert on the problems of lying and human communication, was forced to re-evaluate his scientific achievements.

Advice from a scientist, an experienced psychologist and a loving father will certainly be useful to parents, teachers, and all those who are interested in strengthening the moral foundations of our society.

A deep analysis of the motives that prompt a child to lie will allow parents to help him become truthful. Several chapters of the book belong to wife and son, Mary Ann Mason Eckman and Tom Eckman. This is a family book, written by a family and for a family.