Why Do Kids Do This?

[momatheart]

For example a child says to other children come and get me as in playing a tag type of game. Then when another child does tag that child, that child will accidently trip and fall or the other child tags them too hard and it's automatically a he hit me or she pushed me and they start whinning and comes and tattles.

What is up with a kid like this? I have seen this before with another child too.

[SilverSabre25]

What is up?

Kids being kids. Trying to see how far they can push things. Getting a rise out of others is fun. Seeing if they can get others in trouble is a fun experiment. Why not? Just because. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

What to do?

Call them on it, absolutely. "No, he did not hit you; you started a game of tag and he tagged you. I was watching. Go play."

[momatheart]

That is what I have been doing is calling them out on it. But UGH today it just really got me with this one dcg.

[GretasLittleFriends]

Since YOU are choosing to not play nice right now, I guess that means that YOU don't want to play for a little while.

I swear that was the majority of what I said yesterday. Spring break... 7yr old, 3 ~ 6yr olds (2 in first, one K) and one who just turned 5.

The best behaved was the crabby 11 mo old baby who doesn't feel well. (She's mine so I can't send her home... LOL)

[cheerfuldom]

They all get crabby and selfish. "Its not fun unless I am having fun". I just tell them to go play something else if they aren't having fun with that game. No fussing over their supposed boo-boos or making the other kids adapt to the cry baby.