Answer the question your parents actually asked, not the easier one next to it.

There is usually a hard question and a nearby soft one that shares most of its words. Answering the soft one feels like cooperating, and it technically is, which is why it works for a while. The adult asking knows the difference, though, and the dodge registers as something to keep an eye on rather than as an answer.

Listen for the exact words in the next question you get asked at home. If the honest answer is uncomfortable, say the uncomfortable thing in one short sentence and let the conversation go where it goes. It is shorter than a week of follow-up questions.