Why I did not take responsibility?

I did not take responsibility back at home because I wanted my parents to look at me like a good child that did not do so many wrong things. And so I was dishonest to them. I did not take responsibility because I wanted to be something I was not like if I stole and my parents knew about it I would keep saying no I did not do that, why are you blaming me for something that I did not do even though I new I did it and I did not want to take responsibility. Taking responsibility is good because your parents can trust you and they give you a lot more freedom. And of course sometimes I would abuse there freedom and do something that I was not supposed to.

What I have learned?

I have learned that I need just to say the truth and not try to go around the truth and that when I do something wrong I need to go straight to my parents and tell them what I did wrong. But if they catch me and they ask me what I did wrong, before I answer I need to think and then tell them the truth because that is way better than me just lying to them and get me into deeper trouble.