Prior to having kids, I remember hearing moms correct their children for tattling, and I always thought, what’s the big deal? I mean, don’t you want your kid to come and tell you if someone else is ...

At four and a half, Sunshine is deep into the tattling phase. While I should be pleased (and am) that she is moving beyond her stop-and-wail-when-things-don’t-go-her-way phase, the tattling phase ...

Direct communication is needed for successful feedback, but tattling is different. It is more like reporting someone's wrongdoing. It can be malicious, meant to get someone in trouble, or to hurt ...

My 8 year old son’s teacher told me that he is constantly running to her and tattling on other children’s behaviors. Now that I think of it, he does tattle quite a bit on his younger sister. Is this ...

When my daughter was in pre-school, a classmate named Tommy angrily reported to their teacher “Hannah can jump higher than me. She’s not being a good friend.” Full of dread and certain she was going ...