The story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree is not a true one. It's actually about the complex relationship between a parent and a child. A young Jimmy Carter was in Plains, Georgia, and his parents were having a house party. He knew he messed up, but if he lied and he said he was asleep, you wouldn't get in trouble. Which type will you be?
The story of George Washington and the cherry tree is not a true one. It is also, as we’ve written here before, not a story whose moral is about lying. It’s actually about the complex relationship between a parent and a child, one where the child trusts the parent enough to tell the truth, even when they have done wrong, and a parent who respects their child enough not to punish this kind of honesty.
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