why do kids tatletale. how can you get kids to stop tatletaling. do you hate tatletalers.
2006-09-06 12:00:14 · 10 answers · asked by mayo_girl_2006 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Kids tattle because they think by tattleing they will be able to get another person in trouble.
There's a huge difference between reporting and tattletaling.
Reporting is when something serious happened and you really need the help from an adult (this is not very often.)
Tattletaling is when something can easyly be solved but the child chooses to tell their parents in hopes of getting someone in trouble. If a child comes to u and says something like "jon accidently pushed eddie down the stairs and now eddie's bleeding." Then u should help the child out but if a child comes and says "jon rode my bike without my permission" then it's tattletaling cause the child's only concern is to get jon in trouble. I would suggest if you realize your child is tattletaling the best thing to do is to either change the story around one or two times to make it look like it's the child's fault till the child realizes HEy if i try to get Jon in trouble by telling mom wat he did i'll just get myself in trouble. Another thing u can do is say "i have my problems and u have urs. This not my problem and so i shall not have to solve it. it's up to u and Jon to solve ur problem not me."
And yes i do not like tattletales and i do not think anyone does. After all there is nothing to like about a person who intentionally tries to get others in trouble.
2006-09-06 12:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by Kristy S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your kid can tattletale, your kid can stop. Corners, time-outs, no tv, no treats, no spankings. A simple punishment will do and now is a perfect time to teach about lying as I am a mom of 2 and will not tolerate it. Never experienced my son as a tattletale, my son gets along good with other children otherwise, I don't let him play with the "mean" kids. Put foot down and stand grounds your children will respect you more. I love my son to death he is a very good kid!
2006-09-06 19:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by Tammy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birth is the best age to discourage tattle-telling.
In many cases, kids tattle-tell so that they don't get into trouble for an action they had no control over.
I discourage my daughters from tattle-telling on each other by punishing the child who is tattling as well as the child who is tattled on. A less severe punishment for the tattler, of course.
2006-09-06 19:09:00 · answer #3 · answered by btij06 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to teach them the difference between tattling and telling.
Tattling is telling what someone did just to get them in trouble. And telling is letting an adult know what another child is doing because the child might get hurt or hurt someone else.
Tell them that if they tattle they will be diciplined and go from there.
2006-09-06 20:18:53 · answer #4 · answered by Annie Hightower 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that the same as a telltaletit?
They are not particularly nice children, especially the ones who encourage other children to do something wrong so they can split on them.
It normally stops when they get a smack in the mouth. Parents may not believe in using violence, but children who have just been stitched up do.
2006-09-06 19:05:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tell my kids I don't want to hear about it unless someone is hurting them and by hurting them I mean intentionally taking an object hitting them to inflict pain. If it was an accident and they got hurt I still don't want to hear about it. If they are just up to tell me the junk stuff I tell them to go and deal with it themselves. They need to learn how to handle things on their own every once in a while I will give them a hint as to how to deal with the problem but the rest is up to them!
2006-09-06 19:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My rule is this.....
1. Is someone hurt or in danger of being hurt?
2. Is something broken or in danger of being broken?
If the answer to these 2 questions is "no" then I don't want to know about it. Go try to solve it yourself before you come to me.
2006-09-06 19:13:11 · answer #7 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Children develop ethics at age eight.
2006-09-06 19:06:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
children should be encouraged not to tattle-tale from day one on.
to stop a repeat tattle-taler tell them that unless someone's going to die, you don't want to hear it. don't let them proceed. if they do, you should punish them appropriately.
2006-09-06 19:05:11 · answer #9 · answered by buffysummers 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some kids never learn...
2006-09-06 19:05:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋