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Relationship Topics
Taming the Tattletale
Practicing Not to Tattle
Training is more effective when your child is required to put his knowledge into practice immediately. The training will stick better when the child uses it in a hands-on situation. Have the tattler act out the right alternative to his wrong behavior.
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Role-Play Lead both children back to the scene of
the crime. Allow them to re-enact what happened. Require the tattler
to encourage his or her sibling to do what is right. Require the sibling
to heed the encouragement and thank his or her brother/sister.
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Benefit Role-playing causes your child to put the verbal training
into practice, equipping him to respond better to similar situations
in the future.
Children learn by repetition. Be willing to work with your children over and over. On those tiresome days, when you become weary from taking the time to teach them, remember Galatians 6:9: Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Ginger Plowman
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