It's bad to hide things from your parents.
Kyle takes the family car out without his parents' permission and gets a scratch on the door.
Kyle wants to get the scratch fixed.
Kyle comes clean about the scratch and offers to pay for the fix.
Kyle tries to hide what he did by fixing the scratch himself.
Kyle's parents make him pay for the fix, but only ground him for a week because he was honest with them.
Kyle's repair is very obvious, and Kyle is grounded for a month for taking the car without permission.