I am concerned about how to handle my 7 year old (boy) stepson. He seems to be going thru a stage of telling lies, but not anything malicious, just tall tales. Things like, "there was a huge 9 ft poisonous snake by the pond and it came up to me so I had to step on it & kill it ..." Or that he saw a person in the backyard when I wasn't looking...a bee stung him on his leg (clearly just a bruise) etc, etc. Should I just go along with the stories (I've been replying "oh really, that's some story") or should I challenge their validity ("There are no 9 foot snakes in this area!!"). Is this just a stage, and is it typical for his age?