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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 408010" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>I'm not thrilled about tattlers, either. Interestingly, Jett used to tattle ALL. THE. TIME.</p><p> </p><p>It got to the point where I would look at him - "Are you bleeding?" "No." "Then you handle it."</p><p> </p><p>Now, there <em>were</em> times it was appropriate, such as the day the kids across the street hit him in the head with a <em>branch</em>. It was clear by the split, bleeding goose egg that something had happened. When I went across the street? Older child blamed younger, younger blamed older, they both started calling me names, and then (OOPS FOR THEM), their Dad came outside, which is what I was waiting for.</p><p> </p><p>But mostly, Jett and Onyxx tattle on each other to cover up that they were doing something wrong. And they <em>hate</em> that I can see through it - or I just shrug it off (depending on what happened). And then the tattler gets a lecture or grounded...</p><p>***</p><p>H's mom sounds to me like she has a <em>perfect </em>kid and no one ever better mess with him. He's manipulating her... And it's working. I think difficult child not going to the sleepover is fine, sounds like keeping him home was good (normally I hate it when kids miss school, but sometimes...), and I'm glad he's calmer. Sigh...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 408010, member: 6705"] I'm not thrilled about tattlers, either. Interestingly, Jett used to tattle ALL. THE. TIME. It got to the point where I would look at him - "Are you bleeding?" "No." "Then you handle it." Now, there [I]were[/I] times it was appropriate, such as the day the kids across the street hit him in the head with a [I]branch[/I]. It was clear by the split, bleeding goose egg that something had happened. When I went across the street? Older child blamed younger, younger blamed older, they both started calling me names, and then (OOPS FOR THEM), their Dad came outside, which is what I was waiting for. But mostly, Jett and Onyxx tattle on each other to cover up that they were doing something wrong. And they [I]hate[/I] that I can see through it - or I just shrug it off (depending on what happened). And then the tattler gets a lecture or grounded... *** H's mom sounds to me like she has a [I]perfect [/I]kid and no one ever better mess with him. He's manipulating her... And it's working. I think difficult child not going to the sleepover is fine, sounds like keeping him home was good (normally I hate it when kids miss school, but sometimes...), and I'm glad he's calmer. Sigh... [/QUOTE]
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