Children love to tattletale. One of the things you can do to help is to act really disinterested. When your comes in and says, "My brother took my toy," you can say something like, "Go back and tell him." Or if they come in and say, "Scotty is standing on the chair," and he knows he's not supposed to. You can say, "Do I need to call a doctor? Is anyone bleeding?" That will stop the tattletaling. Children often snitch or tattletale because they want the parents attention. It's not really about what is going on. If it is really about what is going on, like he ripped up my favorite teddy bear; then, of course, you would go to the child and attune to them. Let them know that would make you really mad, too, and handle the situation. Tattletaling can be nipped in the bud by your disinterest. "Do I need to call a doctor?" "Is anyone bleeding?"