C.M.
I have some thoughts from a different perspective. When I was younger, I, too lied a lot to my mother. It might help you to understand from a person who was once a child who had a lying problem. Most of the time, it was because I didn't want to get in trouble. I did something wrong (not always deliberately) and I didn't want to be punished. I grew up with an older sister who my parents praised quite a bit. I never felt like I was good enough for them. It was almost expected of me that I lie. I was never really punished for the lying, only the stuff that I lied about. It got to the point where no one believed me, no matter what, just because I was the liar. If anything, that made me feel a lot worse having that label. Instead of forcing me to stop, it made me lie more. I never felt like I could trust my parents. I couldn't tell them private things. I think they were frustrated about not knowing their child and who she was as I was about being the second best. Instead of trying to fix the problem, I grew out of it. It took a while, and I still don't trust my parents as much as I should, but I did eventually grow out of it. But every child is different. She may not grow out of it without help like I did . Good luck.