Past research on the accuracy of children's testimony has shown that questions' wording and interview context explain some of the variance in children's answers to questions, but does not give answers regarding children's reasons for lying when asked questions about past events. This article reviews research done on children's testimony and suggests that researchers should move beyond the domiant paradigms associated with comparison of one group of children with another on veracity and address the central issue of when and/or why children lie. Suggestions for future directions in research on children as witnesses are presented.