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Tattling is driving me insane. My kids do it non stop and over the silliest things. "Bob is rolling a crayon on the table" or "Sally said I am a silly goose". Please, how do you handle this short of an earful of cotton. If there are any threads about this, please direct me to them. My sanity is at stake.
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Sounds like a job for the "Tattle Turtle." Go find yourself a stuffed turtle and get him a little chair...when a little friends needs to tattle, redirect him/her to the "tattle turtle." Works like a charm... -
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I've started to ask the newest tattler before he starts, "Is this about you or somebody else?" If its about someone else, I know it's a tattle. I don't want to hear it.
To make things worse, one of my tattlers gets mad and calls others who tattle a "snitch".
Pot, meet kettle.
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I use Nan's approach to tattling: my youngest toddler who is 20 months old is our complaint department. If you have a problem that just needs to be vented (tattled) to someone....tell him. He LOVES when the older kids interact with him and the method works awesome too! Thanks Nan! lovethisComment
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I love these!! None of mine are old enough to tattle yet. Would someone please repost these in about a year?Comment
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I have a tattle switch behind my ear. It's off. I can't hear tattles.
If someone tattles on someone else.....I just act like I literally can't hear them. I just keep doing what I'm doing. They remember about my switch and I walk away. I will then casually walk by who they were telling on....to make sure all is OK.
If there is a disturbance between kids......I have them talk to each other and come up with a solution. If they can't.......they play away from each other.Comment
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When my most recent SA enrolled I really got fed up. Literally every 5 minutes! He was new I would think he would be too shy but nope told on everyone for everything. I finally got fed up and told everyone what I was told as a kid.
"If it isn't broke or bleeding I don't want to know about it"
Now sure I want to know if Johnny is poking people in the eye etc but enough was enough. Now I explain to the SA kids that if someone hurts them then I want to know. If someone is doing something dangerous then I want to know. But if they constantly tell on their friends they won't have friends for long. Then I ask if they would like Billy to tell on them everytime they do something wrong. The answer is always NO. Ok then, go play.
Toddlers our complaint department is the old fashioned wheely phone. They get on it now and say "hey Billy takin Bobbys blocks" and proceed to tell the story. :
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Ive used mr ear before ( ear drawn on poster board and hung at kids level) so they can tell him..its hillarious, similar to tattle turtle. With my prek kids we talked about when to tattle andbi told tnem is someone wasnt hurt, crying, puking or on fire...to go talk to mr ear!Comment
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Loving the tattle turtle for the dc kids. I may have to try that..with five 3-5y old girls here there can be lots of tattling.
Now my own kids 7 and 9y old girls. I think maybe a poster of Justin Bieber will work. I'll just tell them 'go tell Justin"... 
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We have a tattle phone, so they can call someone who will listen.Comment
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I will be adopting the, "Go tell the baby" line...that's brilliance and I now have a baby old enough to care :PHee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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Judy: Tommy took my toy!
Me: My name isn't Tommy. Go talk to Tommy.
ad nauseum
Then, later I just say my name isn't Tommy.
I prefer to send them to talk to Tommy because Tommy is the one who is the offender. If we send the tattler to a baby, or the phone, they grow up not learning to stand up for themselves to the Tommy's of the world. They learn instead to gossip.Comment
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