Never much of a problem for me, when I was a child my mum always knew what I was getting up to. She might not have been happy about it but she thought it best to allow it rather than have me running off somewhere when she wasn’t looking which I was prone to doing anyway.
Oddly enough, when I was in my teens I had to lie to her on one occasion as she wouldn’t believe me when I was being honest. It’s not as if I was blatantly attempting to absolve myself of any blame either, I was actually taking full responsibility but she didn’t believe me!
Isn’t it usually the other way around?