On the playground: Tattling vs. telling - Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston

(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – "I'm telling on you!" It's a schoolyard phrase we're all familiar with, and if it happens enough, the child doing the telling is labeled a tattletale.
           
But maybe there is more going on here, maybe telling is the right thing to do and perhaps it's a sign a child is reaching out for help.

Lynne Griffin, R.N., M.Ed., parenting expert and author of Negotiation Generation, has more on this topic.

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