Nobody Likes a Tattle-Tale!

Last year Bella had some run-ins with other kids in her class who were either bugging her or in one case, bullying her. She would come home and tell me about the things these other kids were saying or doing to her. I would always ask if she had told the teacher what was going on. In every instance, she said no, "because no one likes a tattle-tale!"

So we had many long discussions about what a tattle-tale was, and wasn't. Telling a teacher that someone is hurting you, or hurting themselves, or doing something dangerous, is a good thing! A teacher can't be everywhere all the time to see what everyone is doing. She wasn't convinced though.

One day she told me that "Billy" (not his real name) kept sticking his tongue out at her and it was distracting. Again, I asked her if she had told her teacher. No. *sigh* So, I told her the next time he did that to tell him he looked like a cow! Bella thought this was a good idea!

Bet you can guess what happened next, huh?

Yep, Billy started right in on sticking out his tongue, so Bella told him he looked like a cow! And Billy told the teacher that Bella had "called him a name", so Bella got in trouble. This was really upsetting to her because she only did what I told her to, and here she was in hot water. When the teacher told me that Bella had been in trouble that day, I asked her what had happened. She said Bella called Billy a cow. At which point Bella piped right up and said that she didn't say Billy was a cow, but looked like a cow because he kept sticking out his tongue at her! (Ironically, Billy is rather....um...*husky* and stupid, so it turns out to be a rather accurate observation in the end!) When the teacher asked why she hadn't told her the complete story, she said she wasn't a tattle-tale!

So it would seem that even a child of six knows that being a "tattle-tale" isn't cool. While I do want Bella to speak up when she is being mistreated in any way, I admire her determination to handle situations on her own. There are too many Susie Snotty's running around, all too eager to inform any authority figure who happens to be around, all the details of any given situation! You know the ones...the ones who aren't in any way involved but all too happy to get someone else in trouble! Or the ones who use the threat of "telling" as leverage to get their own way. True tattle-tales!!!

It would appear that some Susie Snotty's never grow up, or grow out of their tattle-telling ways either. These bratty jerks grow up to be even more bratty "adults". Small minded little trolls, who are unable to find happiness in their own lives, find it a pleasurable diversion to attempt to rain on other people's parades. And I have one of my own.

So go ahead Susie....tattle away! This is my blog. And I'll run it my way! And nothing you do, or say, or tattle about, is going to change those facts!! I'm not hurting you, or your "business", or the company. So how about you just mind your own business??? And if I make a purchase, and I want to share it with my blog readers, it's none of your business, or anyone else's. Got it?? You don't pay my bills, and you don't get a say! Why don't you just run your own race, instead of running around like a fool trying to supervise everyone else? You could make that your #1 New Year's resolution...just a suggestion!