When something goes wrong in us or aroundus comes into effect is quite predictable, and even natural strategy; a man tries to hide the truth and on my own and from others. This strategy can be called differently - a defense mechanism, denial, lying, trying to retouch the truth. How to define it, this strategy serves a specific purpose; hide from yourself and others is something bad or hurt.

In the biblical story of this symbolstrategy began to fig leaves, cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve, who were hiding from the truth and from God, because they »were afraid» (Genesis 3:10). As Adam said, he was afraid because he was naked and could not stay in the mind. We all like Adam. All of us are afraid to stand naked and see or show others what we really are, how many of us the pain of failure, sin, bruises. Both adults and children are inventing different ways to hide from this reality. Let's see what place »fig leaves» occupy in the process of education and what to watch out for.

To help your child deal with the reality,it is necessary to distinguish between the four problems: the denial of evil, the ideal of a denial, the tendency to condemn and insufficient experience in the recognition of evil. All these problems can occur at any age and in each stage of development.