Originally Posted by daycarediva:
Turn it around on him!
"Oh, you're tattling to get Joey in trouble. Ms. F does not like that."
I always say “are you telling me to help someone or to get someone in trouble?” It kind of gets then to think about what they are doing. My own daughter is the tattler of all tattlers and it took a while for her to understand that she can ask herself this question before deciding to tell.